MEXICAN FISHERY LEGISLATION 



FIRST ZONE. From parallel 32''32' north latitude, to parallel 2B°30' north latitude. 

 SECOND ZONE. From parallel 28*28' north latitude, to parallel 27 '1' north latitude. 

 THIRD ZONE. From parallel 26 "59' north latitude, to parallel 22*52' north latitude.. 



VI. The fishery concessionnaires authorized by the Ministry of Marine to utilize the 

 production of abalone caught by the fisheries production cooperatives in their packing plants 

 established ashore^ may also make use of floating plants as auxiliaries to these, as long as 

 the floating plants are of Mexican registry} they carry on board official inspection and 

 patrol personnel to observe the manner and methods of the fishing activities; the cost of 

 such service be paid by the authorized concessionnairej the raw material comes from the pro- 

 duction obtained by cooperatives having their legal residence within the zone in which the 

 floating plant may be operating; and such raw material be obtained by fishing carried on 

 outside of a radius of 120 nautical miles from the place in trtiich land packing plants may 



be established. 



VII, Since the limits of permissible exploitation in each of the zones cannot be 

 determined precisely, upon the basis of information to be obtained from studies and investi- 

 gations not yet made, the dispositions contained in this Order, which require previous know- 

 ledge of such facts, are of a provisional nature and may be modified as such studies and 

 investigations are carried out. Itierefore the limits of each zone, in connection with 

 permissible exploitations, since the necessary data to be obtained from such studies and 

 investigations is not yet available, shall be fixed by the Directorate General of Fisheries 

 and Allied Industries of the Ministry of Marine, determining the averages that may be caught, 

 by taking the statistics on exploitation of abalone in the last five years. 



Vni. From the date on which the Ministry of Marine announces, with due notice, the 

 exploitation of the different species of abalone authorized in the corresponding permits, 

 this fishery may be carried out only under the supervision and observation of the inspector 

 or inspectors who for such purpose are designated by the Directorate of Fisheries and Allied 

 Indiistries as supervisors in the activities of the fishery, the salaries, food and lodging 

 of the inspectors and other incidental expenses to be chargeable to the permissionnaires who 

 carry out these exploitations, they being obliged to furnish the personnel in question with 

 the facilities and conveniences necessary to the best possible discharge of their commission 

 and to comply with the dispositions contained in this order, the Fishery Law and its Regu- 

 lations, and any which, under its authority and power, are prescribed for the above-mentioned 

 official personnel in their instructions and letters of commission. 



DC. Iliere is established a relative and partial, local and definite closed season for 

 the capture of the different species of abeilone in the waters of the west coast of Lower 

 California which are not precisely destined to the ends to which article III of this Order 

 refers, 



X, For the conservation of the national public resource composed of the different species 

 of abalone produced in our maritime waters, the dispositions of articles 90 and 9A of the 

 Regulations of the Fishery Law, as well as those of this Order, must be strictly observed. 



XI. A partial and temporary closed season is declared for the capture of the different 

 species of abalone in waters of the western coast of Lower California, which includes from 

 January 15 until March 15 of each year, llierefore, the season for the taking of this mollusc, 

 within the limits of the other dispositions of this order, shall be from March 16 of each year 

 \intil January 14.th of the following year. 



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