ThQ intornational aspects of regulations in the shrimp fishery 

 are brought out by Dcntiam (19U7) as follov/s: 



Shrimp operation in Gulf waters off the Mexican 

 coast by a few United States shrimp trawlers began in 

 19l|6. During the year, it became kno^-m generally that 

 only craft of Mexican registry operating under a permit 

 from a Mexican cooperative could legally catch shrimp 

 in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico \uider the juris- 

 diction of that nation. At least I48 fishing vessels 

 were transferred from United States to Mexican registry 

 and the majority operated from Carmen in the Bay of 

 Can^jeche, As a result of this, an increased quantity 

 of shrimp was imported into the Gvilf States from 

 Mexico during the latter part of 19U7« 



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