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that it was supposed that the special authors would confer with their colleagues, 

 but not intended that a draft report should be circulated amongst all the Dele- 

 gates, as this would delay the issuing of the work. 



Under Head 9 of the Agenda (continued) the Chairman, Professor Petteesson 

 submitted the following proposal for the consideration of the Council : — "From the 

 Delegates of each country information should be requested as to the construction 

 and size of most of the trawls used in their country, which information should 

 be accompanied by samples of meshes of the various parts of the net". 



This proposal had been suggested by Dr. Hjobt, Professor Petteesson and 

 Professor D'Aecy Thompson and had been discussed in an augmented Bureau 

 meeting, in which it was decided to recommend the proposal for the consideration 

 of the Council. 



The Chairman asked the representatives of the various countries to express 

 themselves with regard to this proposal. 



Geheimrat Heincke : — "I consider it necessary to collect such material, but 

 should like to know to what extent such information should be given, and whether 

 a detailed description with drawings of the construction of the trawl would be 

 expected". 



Professor Henking asked if information was expected as to all sorts of trawls 

 used in the North Sea and the Baltic. 



Professor Petteesson: — "It would of course be desirable to receive the 

 greatest possible information". 



Professor D'Aecy Thompson: — "I should consider such information very 

 useful, especially for comparison of the meshes". 



Dr. Redeke : — "I suggest postponing the decision, until the Fisheries Sec- 

 tion has considered the matter". 



Dr. Hjoet: — "Professor Petteesson has suggested that steps should be 

 taken in order to find out a less destructive trawl. Neither he nor D'Aecy Thomp- 

 son nor I wish to have the proposal adopted by the Council without having it 

 considered by the Fisheries Section. We thought it of interest and wished to draw 

 the attention of the Council to it, and later on to have it discussed by the Fishe- 

 ries Section". 



Dr. Fulton: — "I think the ground-rope of the trawl is of importance as 

 well as the net". 



After some discussion the Council resolved that it was desirable to have a 

 description of the trawls used in the various countries. 



