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should this prove advisable; the prohibition of 

 fishing gear deemed unduly destructive of small 

 unmarketable fish; the licensing of fishing vessels 

 for purposes of treaty, including the collection of 

 compulsory statistical returns; and the closure 

 to halibut fishing of areas, proved to be populated 

 by small immature haliljut. 



A new treaty between the United States and 

 Canada, for the preservation of the halibut fishery 

 of the northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 

 was ratified on May 9, 1931. In this, power was 

 given the Commission to make all the proposed 

 regulations effective. 



Location: Offices and laboratories in Fisheries Hall 

 No. 2, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash- 

 ington, near the canal connecting Lake Wash- 

 ington with Puget Sound. 



Organization to which attached: International, gov- 

 ernments of Canada and the United States. 



Purposes: Regulation of the halibut fisheries of the 

 northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea to per- 

 petuate the fisheries. 



Scop of activities: Regulation of the fisheries by 

 limitation of catch. Collection and analysis of 

 biological statistics of abundance of the halibut 

 from Bering Sea to California, to determine the 

 effects of regulation. Investigation of the early 

 life history, growth, migrations, reproduction, 

 mortality, etc., as a basis for and a check on 

 regulation. This involves study of the distribu- 

 tion aiid abundance of the eggs and larval stages 

 and their drift vnth the ocean currents, to which 

 study the Commission devoted a certain amount 

 of time each year. 



Equipment: Laboratory and storage space sufficient 

 for a staff of fourteen at Fisheries Hall No. 2. 

 A library which has been recently begun and now 

 contains approximately 1,000 volumes. This 

 library is of a higlJy specialized nature, concerning 

 itself mainly with fisheries literature pertinent to 

 the various phases of the investigations of the 

 Commission, since the nearby University of 

 Washington library is well equipi)ed for general 

 fishery work. Wlaenever necessary for field work, 

 a vessel suitable for operations in the open sea is 

 chartered. 



Stajf: Commissioners: Chairman, George J. Alexan- 

 der, A. J. AVhitmore, Edward W. Allen, Frank 

 T. Bell. 

 Scientists: Director of Investigations, William F. 

 Thompson; Ass't. Director, age, growth, etc., 

 Harry A. Dunlop; Biological statistics, market 



mea.surements, etc., F. Howard Bell; Early 

 life history, abundance and distribution of 

 eggs and larvae, Richard Van Cleve; Migra- 

 tions, mortality, etc., John L. Kask. 

 Others: 2 scientific a.ssistants, 2 clerical assistants, 

 3 statistical assistants, 1 librarian. 

 Provision for visiting invcstigatms: There are no 



provisions for \asiting investigators. 

 Income: By annual appropriations. United States 

 and Canadian. This has varied from .?30,000 to 

 $60,000 according to the amount of field work 

 which must be done. Normally between 40 and 

 50 per cent of the appropriation is for vessel 

 charter. 

 Provision for publication of results: Besides progress 

 reports published by the fisheries .ser\dces of 

 United States and Canada, the Commission has 

 published (1) scientific reports of which numbers 

 1-11 have already been issued, and (2) circulars 

 with popular digests and statements, of which 

 numbers 1-4 have been issued. 



International Hydrographic Bureau ('37) 



History or origin: The International Hydrographic 

 Bureau was created in 1921 and established its 

 seat at Monaco. The objects of its work may be 

 summarized in the words: — "to make navigation 

 easier and safer in all the seas of the world." 



The following 21 maritime states became mem- 

 bers: Argentine, Belgium, Brazil, British Empire: 

 Great Britain and Australia, Chile, China, Den- 

 mark, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, 

 Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, 

 Siam, Spain, Sweden, United States of America. 



The Governments of Belgium, Germany, Italy, 

 Netherlands, and Peru have since withdrawn and 

 Greece is no longer a member, but Ecuador, Po- 

 land, and Uruguay have become members and 

 thus the Bureau is now supported by the govern- 

 ments of 19 maritime States. 



The Principality of Monaco was selected as the 

 seat of the Bureau largely because of its position 

 on the sea, its central location, its excellent com- 

 munications with the rest of the world and also 

 because of the interest taken by the late Prince 

 Albert I. of Monaco in all questions connected 

 \%dth the sea. 



The Govermnent of Monaco offered in 1927 to 

 erect a building specially for the Bureau, vrith. 

 the sole proviso that the Bureau would remain 

 therein for not less than 25 years. This very 

 gracious offer was accepted by the States mem- 



