In
Mexico
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the Secretary of Fisheries was the head of the extinct Secretariat of Fisheries (''Secretaría de Pesca''). The secretary was a member of the
President
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's Cabinet.
In 1994 President
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
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merged the Secretariat of Fisheries and the Secretariat of the Environment to create the Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (''Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca''), which itself was later replaced by the
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources
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in 2000.
The last three Secretaries of Fisheries were:
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Pedro Ojeda Paullada
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(1982-1988)
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María de los Ángeles Moreno (1988-1991)
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Guillermo Jiménez Morales
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(1991-1994)
Fisheries
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