COUNCIL — SEPT. 1910 — APPEND. E — 76 — 



Under "other proposals" Prof. Brandt discussed a German proposal as to 

 the advisability of bringing the fisheries and plankton investigations into closer 

 touch with one another. The arrangement hitherto, which had kept the plankton 

 investigations in subordination to the hydrographical , had obscured the great 

 importance of the plankton to the fish and fishery questions. He proposed that 

 the Council be asked to appoint a reporter to deal specially with the relation of 

 the plankton to fish. 



This proposal was warmly supported by Prof. Heincke, Dr. Hjort and the 

 other members, and was adopted unanimously by the Meeting. 



The proposal of the Hydrographical Section that the North Sea countries 

 should take part in a simultaneous series of investigations in the first fortnight of 

 June 1911, was discussed by the Meeting. Stress was laid upon the advantage 

 this opportunity would offer of making investigations on the smallest microplankton 

 (nanoplankton). These small forms could only be investigated succesfully on living 

 material and the water-bottle was recommended for obtaining the samples. The 

 importance of this microplankton as food of the fish larvae was specially emphasized, 

 and the possibility of making such investigations was discussed. 



With regard to the ordinary plankton investigations it was suggested that 

 the opportunity should be taken to test the methods of collecting the plankton, 

 e. g. by simultaneous use of the same kind of net from different parts of the ship. 



Finally, the following resolution in support of the hydrographical proposal 

 was unanimously adopted by the meeting. 



The Plankton Section quite agrees with the proposal and lays special weight 

 on this favourable opportunity being utilised to make investigations on the methods 

 of plankton investigations and on the smallest plankton organisms, owing to the 

 importance of these organisms as nourishment of the fish-larvae. 



The proposals of the Plankton Section were formulated as follows: 



The Plankton Section recommends the following resolutions to the Council: 



1. that the publication of the plankton reports should be continued in the same form 

 as Vol. I of the Plankton Résumé; 



2. that an extra sum should be voted for the printing of Vol. 11 of the Plankton Ré- 

 sumé, in order that the printing of the special reports may be completed next year; 



3. that a reporter be appointed, with the object of preparing a summary of the available 

 literature on the importance of the plankton as food of the economically important 

 fishes. 



(See resolution of Council on p. 26). 



Prof. Brandt gave a lecture on the principal results of the quantitative 

 investigations which have been carried out in the Kiel Marine Laboratory on the 



