COUNCIL — SEPTEMBER 1922 — 28 — 



III. It is proposed that the Council should endeavour to arrange for the establish- 

 ment of one or more Ekman submarine stations for the measurement of the 

 currents in the Florida Strait, by means of the Swedish recording current 

 meter as designed by Pettersson & Ekman. It is considered that a conti- 

 nuous record of the intensity of current at the source of the Gulf Stream over 

 a period of years would be of great practical importance to the fisheries. 



IV. It is resolved that the programmes of work outlined in the protocol shall 

 be adopted, viz.: — 



1) Portugal intends to carry out, if possible, cruises along the following two lines: 



Lisbon to the Azores; Cape St. Vincent to the coast of Morocco. 

 The first line is intended to be worked once every year; the other is to be worked 4 

 times yearly. 



2) France. In the next year a line will be worked, from Ushant westwards. This 

 cruise will be repeated 4 times, namely in November, February, May and August. — 

 Further two cruises will be carried out in The Bay of Biscay. The routes 

 of these cruises wUl not be fixed beforehand, but will each time depend upon the 

 actual hydrograj>hical conditions found, the route of the ship being laid so as to give 

 the most satisf5mag picture of the state of the sea. — Finally investigations will poss- 

 ibly be carried out in Irish waters, in connection with the Irish investigations. 



3) England: Temperature and salinity observations will be taken at the surface at the 

 lightships Smiths KnoU, Varne, and Seven Stones, — as before. Observations on the 

 commercial routes will be continued, with the exception of the route Liverpool — 

 Charente; an additional route will be arranged across the North Sea. (The routes thus 

 being: Tyne to Naze of Norway, and Harwich — Hook of Holland, Newhaven — 

 Dieppe, Southampton — Le Havre, Southampton — St. Malo; Fishguard — Eosslare, 

 Holyhead — Dublin; Liverpool — Isle of Man; English Channel — Brazil; English 

 Channel — West Indies). 



Further current measurements will be continued at the lightships Smiths Knoll 

 and Varne, as usual. — Finally the research-ship "George Bligh" will make cruises in 

 March and November, to determine the Southern limit of the bottom-water in the 

 neighbourhood of the Dogger Bank. 



4) Scotland intends to work along the following i^rogramme: 



Observations of temperature and salinity at representative stations in the Moray 

 Firth, and on the east coast of Scotland will be made during trawling excursions. — 

 On special cruises, undertaken for the delimitation of the spawning areas of the 

 haddock, the physical and hydiographical conditions of these areas during the spawn- 

 ing period will be ascertained by more intensive observations. — Hydrographical 

 observations will also be made in connection with the biological investigations of the 

 herring. — Special cruises wul be arranged to determine the direction and flow of the 



