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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



is made by appropriations by the Congress of the 

 United States. No specific appropriation is 

 made, the appropriations made for the conduct 

 of the United States Coast Guard being utilized 

 as may be necessary and when available. Reim- 

 bursement is made to the United States Govern- 

 ment for the expense of maintaining and operating 

 the International Service of Ice Observation and 

 Ice Patrol by the interested governments, signa- 

 tory to the International Convention for the 

 Safety of Life at Sea, and in the proportionate 

 amounts specified in the International Con- 

 vention. 

 Provision for -publication of results: Each year the 

 Coast Guard publishes a Bulletin giving a full 

 report of the operations of the International Serv- 

 ice of Ice Observation and Ice Patrol during 

 each ice season, and containing a comprehensive 

 and detailed account of scientific observations 

 made. Occasionally, bulletins are issued dealing 

 with scientific subjects bearing upon observa- 

 tions and investigations of the International 

 Service of Ice Observation and Ice Patrol. 



North American Council on Fishery 

 Investigations ('37) 



History or origin: In the spring of 1920, the Canadian 

 Government took up with the governments of the 

 United States and NcwfouncOand, the matter of 

 the establishment of some cooperative arrange- 

 ment between the coimtries of the western North 

 Atlantic for the investigation of those fisheries 

 problems of interest to the countries concerned. 

 The governments of both the United States and 

 of Newfoundland concurred with the Canadian 

 Government in the view that cooperative action 

 was desirable and on September 2.3, 1920, fishery 

 experts representing the three governments men- 

 tioned met at Ottawa on the invitation of the 

 Canadian Government. This conference unani- 

 mously adopted the following resolution which 

 was subsequently approved by the respective 

 governments.'' 



"BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the sense of this meeting 

 that, on the nomination of the fishery services of the 

 countries represented, each of the respective Govern- 

 ments should forthwith designate three persons to con- 

 stitute an International committee on marine fishery 

 investigations, this committee to determine what meas- 

 ure of International cooperation is desirable, what 



* North American Council on Fishery Investigations, 

 Proc. 1921-1930, no. 1, 1932. 



general investigations should be undertaken, consider 

 definite problems that may be awaiting study, submit 

 recommendations to their respective Governments, 

 and coordinate and correlate the results of the work. 

 It is the expectation that the respective Governments 

 will undertake to provide the necessary ways and means 

 for conducting such independent and cooperative inves- 

 tigations as may be adjudged desirable by the Interna- 

 tional Committee. 



It is recommended that the International Committee 

 establish contact with the Permanent International 

 Council for the Exploration of the Sea." 



In 1922 France, because of her important 

 fisheries in the western North Atlantic and her 

 pursuit of scientific investigations relating to 

 them, requested representation on the committee 

 and her request was approved. 



Location: The Council has no specific place of 

 meeting but selects a place in accordance with 

 the desires of its members. 



Independent organization composed of representa- 

 tives nominated by the fisheries services of the 

 four countries concerned. 



Purposes: The principal objectives accomplished by 

 cooperative effort in coordinating the work of the 

 several Governments have been: (1,) to provide 

 more complete fishery .statistics of the oiTshore 

 fisheries; (2) to correlate and encourage investiga- 

 tions of the fisheries resources in which the 

 member nations have a common interest; and (3) 

 to accumulate data on the oceanographic condi- 

 tions and their relationship to fish life, including 

 drift-bottle experiments, records of water tem- 

 peratures, etc. These phases of the work of the 

 council are developed in greater detail hereafter. 

 The council has given incidental consideration 

 to many other problems which have arisen from 

 time to time but has centered its activities on the 

 subjects mentioned. The council has approved 

 the establishment of informal contacts between 

 it and the International Council for the Ex- 

 ploration of the Sea and the International Geo- 

 detic and Geophysical Union, for the purpose of 

 exchanging information. 



Scope of activities: In the copy of the first number 

 of the published Proceedings of the Council, the 

 work of the United States is reported under cap- 

 tions as follows: Fishery statistics. Cod investiga- 

 tions, Mackerel investigations. Haddock investi- 

 gations, and Hydrological investigations. 



The work of Canada is reported under the 

 captions: Fishery statistics. Cod fishery. Haddock 

 fishery, Mackerel fishery. Water circulation, 



