Mexican Customs

[tattuna]

Originally Posted by walrus

I had a friend who got a great deal on some lobsters and tried to bring them back. Federales found them at the check point and confiscated all their fishing gear. When one of my friends started raising hell the federale said "If you want to make a big deal about it I'll confiscate your truck too!"


It sounds like your friend got off pretty easy. Fishing regulations state ...

The permit covers sports and recreational fishing exclusively for catching fish; it does not allow the capture of mollusks and crustaceans as it is strictly prohibited. The Totuava, loggerhead sea turtles and marine mammals are under the protection of permanent closure and protected by environmental regulation, its capture at any time or form is a crime under federal law and punishable with jail.

Americans cannot take lobster in mexican waters. You said he had fishing tackle did he have a license?

They did have licenses, but as you pointed out above, even that wouldn't have saved their gear.

I've heard other stories further south where trying to catch your own bugs will put more than just your gear at risk. Luckily you can always buy them cheap from the locals and as long as you consume them before you travel it's perfectly legal.