14 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY 



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[Translation from French] 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE 



The following resolutions were adopted unanimously: 



Considering that an efficient exploitation of the sea should be based, as much as 

 possible, on scientific research, that international cooperation is the best way to 

 attain satisfactory results in this direction, especially if during the research one 

 does not lose sight of the fact that the main goal is the progress and improvement 

 of fishing through international conventions, this international assembly has 

 resolved to recommend to the states concerned the following research plan which 

 should be carried out during a period of at least five years. 



After each delegate had submitted the instructions received from his govern- 

 ment, the work was divided between sections of which the first, A, had to prepare 

 the program for hydrographic work, and the second, B, for biologic work. Finally, 

 a joint program was set up for the organization and administration of international 

 cooperation. 



Program of Hydrographic and Biologic Work in the Northern Areas of the Atlantic 

 Ocean, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and Adjacent Seas. 



The basic principles of this program, which will be given later on in extenso, 

 with the additions and amendments introduced during the next year and up to 

 1927, included: 



The establishment of a Permanent International Council for the explora- 

 tion of the sea, consisting of two delegates from each country, who will elect 

 the president, vice-president, secretary general and alternates, and will pre- 

 pare the statutes and the order of work of this institution; 



a record of fishing statistics which it will endeavor to prepare for the 

 participating countries according to the principles adopted in common; 



the establishment of a central laboratory for physical and chemical research 

 connected with the exploration of the sea; 



a synoptic study of the sea during all seasons by means of periodical 

 cruises over the entire territory of research. 



A. Hydrographic Work 



The object of hydrographic research shall be: the distinction of the various 

 levels of waters according to their geographical distribution, depth, temperature, 

 salinity, gas content, plankton [content] and currents in order to establish the 

 basic principles not only for the determination of the external conditions of the 

 useful creatures of the sea, but also for meteorological predictions for extended 

 periods in the interest of agriculture. 



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As hydrographic conditions are subject to seasonal changes, and as these 

 seriously influence the distribution and conditions of existence of the useful sea 

 creatures, and weather conditions and other meteorological conditions in general, 

 it is desirable that the observations be made, as much as possible, simultaneously 

 during the four typical months of February, May, August and November at 

 certain established points and according to the same established lines. 



The observations mentioned in Article II will be: 



(a) Observations of temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure 

 every two hours, using automatic registering instruments for interpolation 

 and the Assmann aspirator; 



The meteorological bureaus shall have an opportunity to make, on board 

 the vessels, physical observations in the higher altitudes of the atmosphere 

 by means of kites; 



The other meteorological observations shall be made according to the 

 methods adopted by the meteorological bureaus of the nations represented; 



