MEXICO: LOBSTER The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif.95.207. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: MEXICO. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Lobster. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Amendment to Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-006-PESC-1993 Regulating the Exploitation of All Species of Lobster in the Waters Under Federal Jurisdiction of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, as well as the Pacific Ocean Including the Gulf of California, published on 31 December 1993. 6. Description of content: Amendment to subparagraphs 3.4 and 3.5 of Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-006-PESC-1993, regulating the exploitation of all species of lobster in the waters under federal jurisdiction of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, as well as the Pacific Ocean including the Gulf of California. 7. Objective and rationale: Conservation of marine fauna. 8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial de la Federacion (Official Journal) of 23 November 1993. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Day following publication in the Official Journal. 10. Final date for comments: 22 July 1995. (208)

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