BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL 

 FOR THE STUDY OF THE SEA 



Report of Administration 



for the eighth year: 22nd July 1909-21st July 1910 



Composition of No changes occurred during the eighth year in the composition of the Inter- 



**"' 'coTncii"""' national Council for the Study of the Sea. 



Instead of Professor Max Weber, who was prevented from being present, 

 Dr. P. P. G. HoEK by appointment of his Government attended the meeting in 

 Copenhagen from 22nd— !27th September 1910. Dr. Dahl and Dr. Jee for the first 

 time took part as experts at this meeting of the Council. 



Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commissioner of Fishei'ies, Washington, U. S. 



America, and M. Fabre Domergue, Inspecteur Général des Pêches Maritimes, France, 



attended as guests of the Council in order to learn the nature and objects of the 



co-operation. 



Composition In the composition of the Central Bureau liicewise no change took place in 



of the Central ^^ 1909—10. 



Bureau •' 



Meetings The annual meeting of the Council took place on 22nd — 27th September 1910 



in Copenhagen in the Langelinies Pavilion, generously placed at the Council's disposal 

 by arrangement of the Danish "Kommission for Havunders0geiser." During this 

 meeting the Council adopted a resolution regarding the question of the protection 

 of the Fisheries in the Baltic and Kattegat against the plague of seals, with a 

 detailed common programme for the destruction of these animals. This resolution 

 has been forwarded to the various participating Governments through the Danish 

 Foreign Office. 



Sections The three sections for 1) Hydrography, 2) Fisheries and Statistics, 3) Plankton, 



held meetings in the course of the period named. For deliberations and decisions 

 etc. see the Procès-Verbaux of these meetings. 



