BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL 

 FOR THE STUDY OF THE SEA 



Report of Administration 



1918-19 & 1919-20. 



Composition of In the year 1918 — 19 no change took place in the composition of the 



the International International Council. 



^'"""^ In 1919 — 20, at the meeting in London of the International Council from 



March 2nd to March 6th, the following countries were represented: Belgium, Den- 

 mark, Finland, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. 

 Administrative The usual work has been carried out by the Bureau and the *vork in rela- 



Report tion to the resolutions of the Council has, as far as possible, been continued in all 

 participating countries during 1918 — 19 and 1919 — 20. This refers in particular 

 to herring, salmon and eel investigations and to investigations as to how the stock 

 of certain food fishes (plaice and haddock) in the North Sea has altered since 

 the outbreak of the war. This work is going to be carried on in Great Britain on 

 a large scale in 1919 — -20. 



Several publications have been issued as to the result of former and recent 

 investigations (see p. 90). 



Report of work carried out by the Departments of the Bureau 



during the years 1918— I'J and 1919—20. 



Hydrographical Department. 



Care was taken of the printing of the "Bulletin Atlantique" which was 

 published in the spring of 1919. 



A working up of the material of decade surface temperatures in the North 

 Sea published in the Hydrographical Bulletin since 1905 has been commenced 

 (Knudsen) and the preliminary results laid before the meeting in London 1920. 



A working up of the surface salinity material collected by liners in the North 

 Atlantic and published in the Hydrographical Bulletin since 1905 has been com- 

 menced (Gehrke). 



