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cially constructed apparatus. At the meeting of the International Council of February 
1904 (Hamburg), the resolution proposed by the Bureau, expressing the desirability 
of these experiments, was agreed upon without discussion; an item of the expendi- 
ture was granted, so that the Bureau might aid monetarily such experiments 
as might be considered useful. 
“In order to execute this resolution and in accordance with the views provi- 
sionally expressed by Dr. Kyrz at the Amsterdam meeting of Committee B, special 
correspondence was organised by the Bureau with the principal investigators of the 
different countries: the work was divided up so that each country might take its 
own apparatus and ground. The research steamers of Belgium, Denmark, England, 
Germany, Holland, Scotland, and Sweden took part in these special experiments. 
They were begun in the course of 1904 and they have been continued during 1905; 
to some extent they may be considered as giving definite results, but most of them 
must be continued for a longer period still, before conclusions can be made. 
“Tt has been said already on different occasions that, for the study of the 
influence exercised by the commercial trawling on the decrease or increase of fish 
too great expectations should not be based on the results of the trawling experi- 
ments made by the research steamers: in most cases the catches of the commer- 
cial fishing boats can be made use of for this study with much greater advantage. 
On the other hand it is quite evident, that the research steamers can be of the 
highest utility for carrying out, with a special object in view, experiments with 
fishing apparatus. The present experiments are made just to study that apparatus, 
the effect of which can only be investigated in an efficient way by changing (in the 
same way as in the case of laboratory-experiments), the conditions of its use under 
accurate control, and by comparing the results obtained with one another. 
“Dr. Kyze has prepared a summary of the results already obtained by these 
experiments; the Bureau avails itself of this opportunity to again draw attention 
to the great value and importance of these experiments (see Appendix E).” 
The President reminded the meeting, that for the continuation of these experi- 
ments during the financial year 1905—06 a credit-item had been entered on the 
expenditure which had been voted by the Council. He informed the Council, that 
the members who took part in the meetings of the Section for Fisheries-Statistics 
had sent in a resolution concerning the Heads 7 b—d of the Agenda, which might 
be discussed now. 
