MEXICAN KISHERY LEGISIATION 



APPENDIX LXVII 



ORDER ESIABLISHING A CLOSED SEASON FOR THE 

 TAKING OF PINNA (MOLLUSC) IN THE HffiST COAST 

 - ZONE OF LO;VER CALIFORNIA 



Signed August 21, 19^6. Published October 5, 19A6. 



ORDER : 



ARTICLE ONE. A relative, local and permanent closed season is established for the 

 taking of the mollusc commonly Icnown as Concha Hacha (Pinna), in the west coast zone of 

 Lower California, from Cape Tosco, Santa Margarita Island, including all the beaches and 

 estuaries bordering Creciente Island, and all the coast, from Boca del Colorado to the 

 Cayuca Estuary, including this estuary in its entirety. 



ARTICLE ITO. Ihe closed season established shall last until the issuance of a new 

 order, based on careful studies on the abundance and normal rate of growth of this mollusc, 

 such investigation to recommend the lifting of the closed season or a methodical harvest. 



APPENDIX LXVIII 



ORDER ESTABLISHING A PEHMAKHJJT CLOSED SEASON 



FOR THE CAPTORE OF THE SEA ELEPHANT AND THE lUR SEAL 



IN IHE NATIONAL TiATERS OF THE REPUBLIC. 



Signed March 17, 1933. Published April 2U, 1933. 



ORDER : 



Article 1. A relative, general and permanent closed season is established for the 

 capture of the Sea Elephant ( Macrorhinus angustirostris) and the FUi' Seal ( Arctocephalus 

 townsendii ). 



Article 2. Therefore it is absolutely forbidden at any time and under any circum- 

 stances, to pursue, to molest or to capture the species of animals mentioned above, .in any 

 of the national waters of the Republic. 



Article 3. The study of the diseases affecting the sea elephant ( Macrorhinus angusti- 

 rostris ), and endangering its existence, may be authorized only to scientific institutions 

 recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, be they national or foreign, and 

 for this purpose there may be permitted the capture of a maximum of two specimens each year, 

 such not to be considered a violation of this order, under the specific condition that the 

 capture and transfer be carried out under the direct supervision of the Fishery employee 

 designated by this Ministry. 



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