In Mexico the Secretary of Fisheries was the head of the extinct Mexican Secretariat of Fisheries (Secretaría de Pesca). The secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet.
In 1994 President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León merged the Secretariat of Fisheries and the Secretariat of Environment into the Secretariat of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca).
The last three Secretaries of Fisheries where:
- Pedro Ojeda Paullada (1982-1988)
- María de los Angeles Moreno (1988-1991)
- Guillermo Jiménez Morales (1991-1994)
| This fishing-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Famous quotes containing the word secretary:
“... the wife of an executive would be a better wife had she been a secretary first. As a secretary, you learn to adjust to the boss’s moods. Many marriages would be happier if the wife would do that.”
—Anne Bogan, U.S. executive secretary. As quoted in Working, book 1, by Studs Terkel (1973)