Fishing vessels. (Photo: Sagarpa)
MEXICO
Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 03:40 (GMT + 9)
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) published the amendment draft to the Official Mexican Norm 062 for the use of the tracking system and satellite monitoring of fishing vessels.
The project -- published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) -- was adopted at the third ordinary session of the National Advisory Committee for Agrifood Standardization and will now be subject to public consultation for 60 days.
The legislation aims at contributing to a sustainable use of fisheries and marine resources through greater control of the operations of the national fishing vessels.
The amended standard will be mandatory for licensees and permittees with existing rights to conduct fishing activities in stationary motor boats (inboard), operating in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and for those of Mexican flag fishing offshore.
Ships engaged on a regular and continuing sailing activity to the interior, sports and recreational navigation, and those implementing "the Agreement establishing the criteria for the allocation and installation of a transmitting device on smaller vessels having fewer than 300 units of gross tonnage and being over seven feet long," SAGARPA clarified.
Compliance with this standard will be controlled by SAGARPA through the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA), in coordination with the Marine Secretariat, the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine and the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection in the scope of their respective responsibilities.
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