408 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 



should the attempt he made, with the assistance of reliaUe owners and 

 captains of a large number of fishing vessels belonging to important 'ports, 

 to obtain exact details concerning their catches, as regards place of capture, 

 duratio7i of fishing, species and anwunt {both number and vjeighi), and to 

 record these details in uniform schedules to he agreed upon. 



ORGANISATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL, A 

 CENTRAL BUREAU, AND AN INTERNATIONAL LA- 

 BORATORY. 



The Conference recommends for the international hydrographic and 

 biological investigation of the seas the establishment of an International 

 Council with a permanent Central Bureau and an International Labora- 

 tory. 



I. 



§ 1. The permanent International Council shall consist of com- 

 missioners elected by the Governments interested. Each Government 

 should appoint two commissioners who may be represented at meetings 

 by substitutes, and may be accompanied by experts who, however, shall 

 not be competent to vote. 



§ 2. The Council elects its President and Vice-President, and appoints 

 all officials of the Central Bureau. Should the General Secretary 

 represent hydrographical science, one of his principal assistants should 

 be a biologist, and vice versa. The other assistant shall preferably be 

 experienced in statistical work. 



§ 3. The Council shall draw up its own order of proceedings. 



§ 4. The Conference recommends that the Central Council shall issue, 

 in addition to the ordinary periodical Bulletins, an Annual Peport which 

 shall include — 



(1) A summary of the work done in each year by the participating 

 countries in carrying out the international programme ; (2) an an- 

 nouncement of those discoveries which are of direct practical import- 

 ance for the fishing industry ; and (3) a statement of such recommenda- 

 tions for international action as in the unanimous opinion of the Central 

 Council follow clearly from the international investigations. 



§ 5. It will be for the Governments concerned to decide among 

 themselves the amount of the contributions to the central organisation. 



The expenses of the central organisation are approximately estimated 

 at £4,800 (96,000 mark) yearly. 



