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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



the means employed for the fishery, and on the people 

 engaged in it, as for example, in the General reports of 

 the 'Scottish Fishery Board.' 



"(b) It is necessary to collect material for the prepara- 

 tion of charts indicating the fishing grounds and the kind 

 of fishery which is prosecuted there." 



From the account which has been given of the 

 e.stablishment of the International Council for the 

 Exploration of the Sea, it is obvious that the 

 Council was founded to aid the fishery industry 

 in the northeast Atlantic and its connecting 

 waters. 



Location: Copenhagen was selected as the seat of the 

 Central Office of the Council, which in 1936 was 

 transferred to Charlottenlund Slot, eight kilo- 

 meters north of the center of Copenhagen. 



Organization and scope of activities: The present 

 organization of the International Council may be 

 taken from the account of the recent reunion in 

 Copenhagen in June, 1936. There is at the top 

 the Bureau of the Council, which at present is 

 composed of five members and of which Mr. H. G. 

 Maurice is the president. Besides the Bureau 

 there are members of the Council and experts. 

 Each of the following countries has two members, 

 of the Council and as many experts as it may 

 desire: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, 

 Finland, France, Great Britain, Irish Free State, 

 Latvia, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portu- 

 gal, and Sweden. Under the Council there are 

 seventeen committees as follows: 



Consultative Committee, composed of sixteen members, 

 of which Professor J. Hjort is chairman. 



North Western Area Committee, composed of six mem- 

 bers, of which Dr. A. Vedel Tuning is chairman. 



North Eastern Area Committee, composed of nine mem- 

 bers, of which Professor J. Hjort is chairman. 



Atlantic Slope Committee, composed of ten members, 

 of which Dr. Edouard le Danois is the chairman. 



Atlantic Committee, composed of members of the At- 

 lantic Slope Committee and of the North Western Area 

 Committee, of which Dr. Edouard le Danois is chair- 

 man. 



Combined North Sea and Eastern Channel Committee, 

 of which Professor G. Gilson is the chairman. 



Northern North Sea Committee, composed of eight 

 members, of which Dr. R. S. Clark is the chairman. 



Southern North Sea Committee, composed of nine mem- 

 bers, of which Dr. A. Biickmann is chairman. 



Transition Area Committee, composed of five members, 

 of which Dr. H. Blegvad is chairman. 



Baltic Area Committee, composed of seven members, 

 of which Dr. K. A. Andersson is chairman. 



Hydrographic Committee, composed of twenty-five 

 members, of which Professor Martin Knudsen is 

 chairman. 



Plankton Committee, composed of twenty members, of 



which Professor H. H. Gran is chairman. 

 Statistical Committee, composed of fifteen members, of 



which Sir D'Arcy W. Thompson is chairman. 

 Salmon and Trout Committee, composed of thirteen 



members, of which Professor M. Siedlecki is chairman. 

 Whaling Committee, composed of eight members, of 



which Professor J. Hjort is chairman. 

 Editorial Committee, composed of ten members of which 



Professor O. Pettersson is chairman. 

 Finance Committee, composed of six members, of which 



the President of the Bureau of the Council is chairman. 



The various committees consider investigations 

 which logically fall within the scope of their 

 activities and make recommendations to the 

 Council. As a result of the consideration given 

 various problems, it is possible to decide upon 

 specific programs which may be carried out by 

 those especially concerned. As the members of 

 the Council have official connections, they are 

 able to direct the efforts of the organization with 

 which they are connected to the end that the 

 decisions of the officials of the Council may be 

 made effective. The reports of the committees 

 are published in the series "Rapports et Proems 

 Verbaux des Reunions." 



The headquarters of the Council are situated 

 in the Charlottenlund Castle, Denmark where 

 the International Council's office work is managed 

 by an Administrative Secretary, Captain W. 

 Nellemose, who is assisted by a Hydrographer, 

 Dr. J. P. Jacobsen, and a permanent staff of 8 

 assistants. 



Income: The funds for the operation of the Council 

 are derived from contributions from the govern- 

 ments that adhere to it. The estimate of these 

 contributions for the year 1936-1937 is 155,000 

 Danish Kroner. 



Provisions for -publication: The International Council 

 issues several series of reports, as follows: 



Les Rapports et Proces Verbaux, of which one hundred 

 and one volume have been issued, to date, 



Les Bulletins hydrographiques, of which volumes have 

 been issued yearly from 1908 to 1936 inclusive, 



Les Bulletins Statistiques, of which twenty-four volumes 

 have been issued to date, 



Le Journal du Conseil, of which eleven volumes have 

 been issued to date, and 



Les Publications de Circonstance which have been dis- 

 continued. 



La Faune Ichthyologique, of which sixteen covers with 

 24 sheets each have been issued (two or three further 

 covers to finish this publication). 



