November 18, 1953 



SYMPOSIUM ON EXPLOITATION AND UTILIZATION 

 OF PRODUCTS FROM THE SEA 



Convener: Dr. W. A. Clemens, Institute of Oceanography, University 



of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 

 Secretary: Mr. Nazario A. PmLAOAN, Bureau of Fisheries, Manila. 



PROCEEDINGS 



The symposium started at 8:55 a.m. Dr. Clemens made the open- 

 ing remarks by saying that he was greatly honored to be the chairman 

 and wished to acknowledge the great assistance given him by Dr. D. V. 

 Villadolid, Director of Fisheries in the Philippines. He pointed out 

 that this is the region of the sea which has always been exploited but 

 stated that certain areas are still underexploited with respect to certain 

 species of fish. He mentioned that the tunas could support a major 

 fishery in the high seas, and since the papers presented in the symposium 

 cover a wide range, he is certain that a vivid picture of conditions 

 existing in various parts of the Indo-Pacific region could be obtained. 

 But on account of the limited time not all the papers could be presented 

 in full. He stated that a committee composed of Dr. Hiyama, Dr, 

 Miller, Mr. Pidlaoan and himself had determined those papers in which 

 the author would be given 10 minutes for reading and 5 minutes for 

 discussion; papers in which the abstract should be read, and papers 

 which would be read only by the title. The committee had also agreed 

 to arrange the program in an order a little different from that of the 

 original program for the purpose of putting together papers relating to 

 the same subject. For example, papers related to tunas were put to- 

 gether; papers related to the open sea were put together, and then pa- 

 pers in shore work resources were put together. 



The order of the presentation of papers was as follows: 

 I. Biological Oceanography. W. A. Clemens, Institutes of Oceano- 

 graphy and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 

 Canada. 



The author after reading his paper said that we are far behind 

 European workers in knowing and recognizing the organisms that live 

 in our waters. So we have a great deal of descriptive work to do along 

 taxonomic lines. 



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