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Dr. Trybom stated that he had resigned his office as Reporter in January 

 1912, and requested that a successor be appointed. 



This matter would be referred to the International Council. 



Dr. Henking enquired, what would be the duties of such a Reporter. The 

 proposal made in Berlin was that reports should be continually furnished as to 

 the programme, and a statement compiled as to the results of the salmon marking. 



Dr. v. Grimm, Dr. Johansen, and the remaining members were of opinion 

 that it was highly desirable to have a report as to the results already obtained, 

 as early as possible. 



Dr. Trybom informed the meeting that he had already commenced this work, 

 and would hand over the material collected to his successor. 



His Exc. v. Grimm, Dr. Johansen, Dr. Sandman and Dr. Trybom stated that 

 investigations in accordance with the programme could, as far as the countries 

 they represented were concerned, be commenced immediately. 



The Committee therefore recommended that the International Council should 

 inform the Governments concerned. 



Programme of investigations and precautions in connection with certain 



selected salmon rivers entering the Baltic. 



(From the draft by Dr. Trybom already mentioned 1 ) 



1. Statistical Investigations. 

 Daily, weekly, or at least monthly statement of number and size (weight or 



') Dr. Trybom prefaces his statement of the plan proposed with the following remarks: — 



In selecting the rivers in the respective countries, the following points should be taken 

 into consideration: The Government in question should, wherever possible, be the only 

 supervising authority. Should no river be found to fulfil these conditions, then the Govern- 

 ment must at any rate possess the entire fishing rigths, or the control of all fishing carried 

 on. The river chosen should be such as to permit of salmon fry being laid down in 

 suitable quantities. Definite information will be required as to the extent of the salmon 

 fishing, and such information will also be necessary as regards the past. (10) years. These 

 statistics must further contain particulars as to amount of salmon fry laid down in the river 

 and its tributaries. A final condition is, that the river selected be fairly free from con- 

 tamination. 



In Denmark, the river chosen for the purposes of investigation is the Gudenaa, this 

 being the only river in the country in which salmon are regularly found, and flowing 

 towards the East. True, this river does not really belong to the Baltic Region, but rather 

 to the Cattegat. Investigations carried out here, should, however, be of considerable 

 importance for purposes of comparison in regard to the salmon question in the Baltic rivers. 

 As it has proved difficult to find a river in Germany which fulfils the conditions stated, no 

 definite proposition has yet been made as regards this country. Of Russian rivers flowing 



