COUNCIL — APRIL 1912 — APPENDIX D — 62 — 



Appendix D 



Protocol of the Fisheries and Statistical Section 

 Meeting of the 23.-26. April 1912 



Agenda: 



a. Reports from the Reporters. 



b. Prof. E. Ehrenbaum: Report on the main results of his work. 



c. The Swedish Committee desires to propose that investigations shall be made 

 concerning the influence of the trawling after herring with fine meshed trawls 

 upon the depletion in the North Sea, the Skagerak and the Kattegat of small- 

 sized haddocks, whiting and other food-fishes. 



d. Any other proposal of members. 



First Sitting: Tuesday 23rd April 1912, 10 a.m. 



Chairman: President W. E. Archer 



Present: Messrs. Brandt, Borley, Drechsel, Ehrenbaum, Fülton, Gilson, Grimm, Hamman, Heinoke, 

 Henking, Hjort, Hoek, Johansen, Jones, Kyle, Masterman, Redeke, Rose, Sandman, Schmidt, 



Thompson, Trybom. 



(Agenda a). 



Opening the proceedings the Chairman invited a discussion on Prof. 

 Heingke's Report. 



Prof. D'Argy Thompson called attention to the fact that Dr. Heingke's report 

 showed that where either the large or the small plaice are found in considerable 

 numbers, the fish of medium size are few. Where large and small fish are 

 equally numerous, those of medium size are to be found in abundance. It demon- 

 strated that the size of the plaice at any given spot depended rather on the 

 distance from the coast than on the depth of water ; which to him was a new fact. 



