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vestigations with regard to the effects of the herring trawl had this year been 

 undertaken also by Sweden in the Kattegat and Skagerak. 



Dr. Henking stated that considerable quantities of herrings caught with the 

 ordinary trawl were sometimes landed in Germany. He was at the moment not 

 in a position to state whether the true herring trawl was already in use in Germany. 

 Up to the present, however, it could in any case only be to a slight extent. 



Prof. D'Arcy Thompson was of opinion that there might be some uncertainty 

 with regard to what was understood by the term herring trawl. Possibly the 

 German fishermen who take herrings in theirs trawls, use an extra fine meshed 

 cod net. 



Prof. Henking: This is not generally the case. 



Prof. D'Arcy Thompson thanked the different gentlemen and especially Dr. 

 Hjort for the interesting information they had given with regard to the employment 

 of the Herring Trawl. 



The meeting closed at 1 p. m. 



Second Sitting: Friday, 20. September 1912, at 12 noon. 



Dr. Mastehman in the chair. 



Present: Borlet, Ehrenbaum, Fischer, Fulton, Grimm, Heingke, Henking, Jones, Johansen, 



Letander, Mortensen, Redeke, Sandman, Johs. Schmidt, Hugh Smith, Trybom. 



Later: Drechsel, Pettersson, Rose. 



Geheimrat Heincke : "The Bureau suggests that a memorandum should be drawn 

 up showing the work hitherto accomplished by the International Council; it is 

 desirable that one member should be appointed from each of the three sections. 

 The Fishery Section should then consider how far such a memorandum was 

 desirable, in what form it should be drawn up, and to whom the work should be 

 entrusted". 



Dr. Redeke was of opinion that such a memorandum was highly desirable, 

 it should however be drawn up in a popular form. 



Dr. Masterman observed that the preparation of a memorandum was gener- 

 ally desired, it would, however, be as well to express by a Resolution that it should 

 be drawn up in a brief and generally intelligible form. He would in this con- 

 nection refer to the Memorandum which Dr. Hoek when General Secretary had 

 drawn up 8 years ago. 



