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In August — September a fortnightly cruise was made in the fiords in the 

 neighbourhood of Stavanger with the same sprat carrier as the preceding year. 

 During the cruise plankton hauls were made in order to investigate the occurrence 

 of the food of the sprat. Special nets were used in order to get the larger sizes of 

 the young sprat. Mostly though the information about the occurrence of the young 

 sprat was arrived at by the samples from the sprat fishery, where the comparative 

 numerical strength in many cases could be judged of. 



The material collected has been partially worked out for a preliminary 

 report delivered to those concerned in due time for the new season. The report 

 will be issued in "Aarsberetning vedkommende Norges fiskerier" this year. 



f. God and Haddock. 



The programme of work for the various countries concerned are as follows : 



England will conduct investigations on cod in the spring of 1922 on the 

 lines laid down in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 12 and 13. Work under paragraph 10 

 and 14 will be taken in hand at once. A beginning will be made with investigations 

 under paragraphs 6, 7 and 11 and these will be further developed next year. Work 

 under paragraph 8 and 9 is already in progress. Any haddock data collected will 

 be handed over to Scotland. 



Scotland will continue the investigations on haddock according to para- 

 graphs 6, 8 and 9 and will begin, as early as possible, a more intensive study of 

 the lines laid down in paragraphs 7, 11, 1, 3 and 10. Any cod data collected will 

 be handed over to England. 



Denmark will undertake investigations regarding cod and haddock on the 

 lines laid down in paragraphs 8, 9, 12 and 13 of the programme. 



Holland does not propose to undertake any investigations in the ensuing 

 year but is continuing an ecological study of some communities along the Dutch 

 shore. In this connection the distribution and conditions of life of codlings will 

 also be studied. 



France will undertake investigations on the Newfoundland Banks and next 

 year will send a naturalist to work amongst the fishing vessels on the Banks. France 

 will pay special attention to the occurrence of cod and haddock at the southern 

 limits of their range. 



Sweden will undertake investigations regarding cod and haddock on the 

 lines laid down in paragraphs 2, 12 and 13 of the programme. 



Norway will continue the biological-statistical investigations in order to 

 follow the fluctuations in the stock of cod along the Norwegian coast. The marking 

 of coalfish will be continued. 



Belgium is not at present in a position to carry out any investigations at 

 sea and must restrain to coastal and lightship work. 



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