In December 1994, the INP was integrated into the newly created Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP). This idea was born and raised since 1992 with the concept of "sustainable development".So disappeared the Ministry of Fisheries. On year 2000 changed the law of the Federal Public Administration and led to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), which joined the National Institute for Fisheries decentralized agency. The National Fisheries Institute is the only Mexican fisheries research institution with nationwide coverage and in permanent contact with the environment and its problems of fisheries development and management.