118 EIGHTH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS 



11. A Report on the Studies Made in Japan on Pearl Culture. Yoshi- 

 ichi Matsui, Nippon Institute for Scientific Research on Pearls, 

 Kyoto, Japan. 



(Presented by Dr. Okada) 



12. Fundamental Studies on the Fish Lamp. N. Y. Kawamoto, Faculty 

 of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie, Tsu, Mie Prefecture, 

 Japan. 



(Presented by Dr. Y. Hiyama) 



13. Coaction in Lamp-Communities. Hiroshi Maeda, Shimonoseki Col- 

 lege of Fisheries, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. 



(Presented by Dr. Y. Hiyama) 



There was a lively discussion on this subject. Some one in the 

 crowd raised a question in the use of the word synecological. But since 

 the author of the paper was not present, no one was able to answer the 

 question. 



By this time it was 12:00 o'clock. The session was adjourned, to 

 resume at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. 



The afternoon session was started with the six papers from Chile. 

 Since none of the authors were present, they were read by the title and 

 Dr. Milton W. Lobell was requested by the chairman to speak briefly 

 on the fisheries of Chile. The important points brought out by Dr. 

 Lobell were as follows: 



A considerable amount of work has been done on the movement of 

 waters in the coast of Chile and a great deal has yet to be done. From 

 these studies, it appeared that the great productivity of the water is 

 due to certain periodic upwelling in certain specific areas. The fisheries 

 in Chile are imminently tied with certain oceanographic factors. The 

 warm oceanic waters along the coast in a number of towns in Peru for 

 instance accounts for the existence of tunas, sword fish and other similar 

 tropical fishes in these places. 



The anchovies are found in great abundance in the Northern coast 

 of Chile. They constitute the favorite food of the guano birds, so there 

 is at the present time some controversy whether this be allowed to con- 

 tinue or whether the fishermen should be allowed to fish the anchovies 

 and convert them directly to fish meal. 



The southern part of Chile is very rich in mollusc and crustacean. 

 An interesting thing to note is the striking parallelism between the fishes 

 found in the northern and southern Pacific areas. There is, for instance, 

 a type of sardine in Chile which is taxonomically quite similar to the 

 California sardine. 



The fisheries in Chile have been increasing quite rapidly. Chile 

 has to increase the phases of her export market rather than domestic 



