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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



the different contracting states and administered 

 by a Central Bureau appointed for a period of 

 five years. The Commission meets every two 

 years and fixes the place and date of the following 

 meeting. The Central Bureau is composed of a 

 president, a secretary-general, one member repre- 

 senting each adhering state, and associate secre- 

 taries, who are the secretaries of the different 

 national commissions of the adhering states. 



Purpose: The purpose is to afford means for achiev- 

 mg coordinated investigations of the oceanog- 

 raphy and the fisheries of those countries whose 

 shores border the Mediterranean Sea. 



Scope of activities: Each country that adheres to the 

 Commission has its own national commission, 

 the secretary of which must keep the Secretary- 

 General, and through him the Central Bureau, 

 informed of the activities of the country of whose 

 national commission he is a member. 



Besides the national commissions, there are 

 special committees on hydrologic and biologic 

 subjects. 



Under hydrology, five sub-committees were 

 originally designated: (1) tides, (2) currents, (3) 

 chemistry of sea water and the properties of 

 normal water, (4) marine meteorology, (5) meth- 

 ods and instruments to be used in the collection 

 of marine organisms. There are also instructions 

 for the operations to be conducted at different 

 oceanographic stations and the instruments to 

 be used. 



The biological work is divided into general 

 biology and applied biology. Special instructions 

 are given for cruises, the making of biological 

 observations, particularly with reference to fishes 

 of economic value, and for the distribution of 

 material to specialists on different biological 

 groups. 



Under work at the different laboratories, each 

 laboratory is instructed to prepare a bathymetric 



chart, on a scale of _. „_„, and a lithologic chart 

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of the sea bottom of the region in which it is 

 situated. Each laboratory will also make hydro- 

 logic studies and biologic studies, especially of the 

 useful animals and plants. The operations on 

 cruises for biologic purposes are to be made 

 according to a program decided upon by the 

 Commission. 



At the meeting of the Commission in Bucarest 

 (Roumania), in September, 1935, the reporters 

 appointed for different subjects were as follows: 



Oceanographic physique et hydrologie marine, 

 M. G. Belloc and R. de Buen. 



Chimie gfe^rale, M. Picotti. 



Methodes acoustiques, P. Marti. 



Chimie marine et industrielle, M. Boury. 



G4ophysique, G. Galbis. 



Marees et niveau moyen, F. Vercelh. 



Biologic gfeerale, U. d'.lncona. 



Plancton, R. Issel. 



Biologic industrielle des delphinides, G. Brunelli. 



Thon rouge et sa peche, H. Heldt. 



Clupeides et leur peche, F. de Buen. 



Crustaces (Biologic), Mme. H. Heldt. 



Sponges et coraux, MM. M. Sella. 



Botaniques (plantes marines), J. Politis. 



Protistologie, J. Georgevitch. 



Statistique des p^ches, D. Remy. 



Faunistique des iles de la Mediterran^e occi- 

 dentale, L. Germain. 



Etudes generales sur la Mediterran^e orientale, 

 G. Antipa. 



Relations entre la Mediterranee et la mer Rouge, 

 H. Faouzi. 



Geologic sous-marine, G. Georgalas. 



Hygiene et salubrite des coquillages, M. Teis- 

 sonniere. 

 Equipment: The equipment, shore laboratories and 



vessels, belongs to the different adhering counrties. 

 Officers of the Central Bureau: 



President, Admiral Thaon di Revel. 



Vice-Presidents, Professor Odon de Buen, Pro- 

 fessor G. Antipa. 



Secretary-General, Dr. Edouard le Danois. 



Honorary President, Professor Vito Volterra. 



Honorary Secretary-General, Dr. J. Richard. 



One member representing each adhering state, 

 Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Monaco, 

 Zone espagnole du Protectorat du Maroc, 

 Palestine, Roumanie, Tunisie, Turkey, and 

 Yugoslavia. 



Associate secretaries, one from each country. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Visitors can be 



accommodated at the shore laboratories, and they 



may at times participate in cruises. 

 Income: Each adhering state pays annually a sum 



of at least 5,000 francs. 

 Provision for the publication of results: Ten numbers 



of the Bulletin of the Commission were published 



in Monaco between January 15, 1920, and De- 

 cember, 1924. The format of the regular publi- 

 cation of the Commission was changed beginning 



with the meeting of the Central Bureau, in Paris 



