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In addition, price supports were offered to the shrimp 
industry and subsidies were offered to fishermen coopera- 
tives to purchase necessary fuel and oil. 
The government is also involved in technical and 
scientific research concerning economically important species. 
This research is supported by 11 fishery investigation 
stations located on the Pacific and Gulf coasts. To develop 
new fisheries, the Mexican Government has entered into 
joint research programs with foreign fishing interests. In 
March 1974 government and two private Mexican companies 
agreed with a Peruvian consortium to conduct exploratory 
fishing operations in Mexican waters and in November 1974, 
West German vessels were permitted to use a Mexican port to 
conduct exploratory fishing operations. 
In recent years, Mexico has established the basic 
framework for strengthening its fishing industry. Advances 
in fishing technology and in marketing and processing tech- 
niques will be required to meet the primary goals of the 
fishing industry. A major goal is to increase the supply 
of food fish at prices acceptable to consumers. This will 
require expanded resource investigations, increased invest- 
ments in fishing vessels and in fish product distribution 
networks, and fish product promotion campaigns. Other 
objectives are: 
--To diversify Mexican fisheries. 
--To introduce and enforce a management scheme for 
improving economic stability of the shrimp industry. 
--To increase domestic production of fish 
meal. 
--To train personnel for all sectors of the fishing 
industry. 
The Mexican Government has played an active role in 
these areas during the past several years. Because of the 
strong support of and control over the fishing industry, 
the government will probably continue to provide the impetus 
for the industry's growth. 
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