BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL 

 FOR THE STUDY OF THE SEA 



Report of Administration 



for the ninth year: 22nd July 1910— 21st July 1911 



Composition of During the ninth year no changes occurred in the composition of the Inter- 



lhe co e u r n"ci! i0na ' national Council for the Study of the Sea. 



As already stated in last Report of Administration Dr. P. P. G. Hoek was 

 appointed by the Dutch Government to attend the Council Meeting held in Sep- 

 tember 1910 instead of Professor Max Weber, who was prevented from being 

 present; and Dr. Dahl and Dr. Jee for the first time attended as experts of the 

 Council. In order to become acquainted with the objects and work of the 

 Council and the results obtained Dr. Hugh Smith, Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries 

 of the United States, and Mr. Fabre Domergue, Inspecteur Général des Pêches 

 Maritimes of France, were present at this Council Meeting. 

 Composition The composition of the Bureau also remained unchanged during the year 



of the Bureau i n i r\ 1 1 



Meetings The annual meeting of the Council was held from 22nd-- 27th September 



1910 in Copenhagen. During this Council meeting the following Sections and 

 Committees were formed and held special sittings on their special subjects, viz., 

 1) Hydrographical Section, 2) Fisheries and Statistical Section, 3) Plankton Section, 

 4) Seal Committee and 5) Salmon Committee. The Editorial Committee also had 

 a sitting during the Council meeting in September 1910. 



The Bureau held meetings in September 1910 in Copenhagen and in May 



1911 in Berlin. 



The deliberations and decisions of these meetings are contained in the 

 respective protocols of meetings. 



