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Orijaiiizatioii. The Fisliery-Congress coiivstitutes an official 

 member of the series of International Fishery-Congresses and 

 adheres to the ])rovisi()ns of the regulations pertaining thereto 

 establislit in l^nris in IDOO. Tlie president and general secretary 

 of the congress are to l)e chosen by the Austrian Fishery Society 

 (Fisherei-Vcrein ). The vice-presidents are chosen by the Con- 

 gress from among ils meinl)(>rs. 



Means. Tlie Hiiaiu-ial ineans at the disposal of the Congress 

 for tlie exeeution of its jjiirposes are: grants of governments and 

 local authorities; contrilmtions of members, which are fixt at 10 

 Kroner ($2.00) each, representatives of governments being ex- 

 cused from these contril)iitions. 



Business Mel hods. The (Congress conducts its proceedings 

 in full session and the participants may address it in German, 

 English, French or Italian. 



Subjects Cunsidercil. 



1. Statute-regulation of Fishery matters. 



2. International statistics. 



3. Tariffs and balance of trade. 



4. International regulations to protect the waters against 

 pollution. 



5. Eecognition of fishery rights in the construction of 

 water-works. 



G. Results of scientitic research on the following lines: 



a. Hermaphroditism in fishes. 



b. The distribution of the freshwater fishes of Europe, 

 including Siberia. 



c. The nutrition of fishes and the signification of the 

 l.lankton. 



d. The migrations of the se\eral species of sturgeon in 

 European waters. 



e. The niigi-ation of eels, herrings, sardines and sar- 

 delles with special reference to their spawning sea- 

 son. 



f. The species of salmon and their migrations. 



g. Results of investigations into the question of deter- 

 mining the age of fishes by their scales. 



