COUNCIL - APRIL 1912 — APPENDIX Aa — à°2 — 



Resolution 1 1. 



That a Committee should be formed of representatives from the following 

 countries, viz: — Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, Norway, Russia 

 (with Finland), Scotland and Sweden for the purpose of considering the best method 

 of exchanging information regarding cured fish, and that the Delegate from each of 

 the countries should send in to the Bureau before the 1st July the name of represen- 

 tative who should serve on the Committee. 



Resolution 1 2. 



That investigations shall be made regarding the influence of herring-trawling 

 with fine meshed nets upon the depletion of the North Sea, the Skagerak and the 

 Kattegat of small sized haddocks, whitings and other food-fishes. 



Plankton- 

 Section 



General Report 

 on the Plaice- 

 Question 



In accordance with the proposals of the Plankton Section the International Council 



resolved: — 

 Resolution 13. 



That the principal aim and object of the plankton investigations with nets shall 

 be, to determine the entire life history of a selection of the plankton animals most 

 important as fish-food, e. g. certain Copepoda. 



Resolution 1 4. 



That with a view to determining the relation between plankton and fishes, 

 simultaneous examination should be made of the stomach contents of pelagic fishes 

 at all ages and the plankton in the surrounding water. 



Resolution 1 5. 



That it is extremely desirable, that quantitative investigation should be made 

 of the microplankton on the method proposed by Prof. Gran (cf. Public, de cir- 

 const. 62). 



Resolution 1 6. 



That the collection of material for the work specified under 13 and 15 should 

 begin already on the May cruise of 1912. 



Resolution 1 7. 



That with a view to obtaining greater accuracy in the determination of the 

 plankton species in all stages and forms, the Biological Department of the Bureau is 

 ready to arrange for such determination by specialists. 



In accordance with the proposal of the Bureau the International Council resolved: — 

 Resolution 18. 



That a Committee should be formed of representatives from the following 

 countries, viz.: — Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, and Scotland 



