COMMITTEE A — JULY 1905 (8) 
Prof. D’Arcy WentwortH ‘THompson, however, remarked that he reserved 
his opinion with regard to the trustworthness of the quantitative method of cal- 
culating fish-eggs. 
Under Head 2 of the Agenda (Geographical Distribution of fishes) 
the Convener, Dr. Jou. Hort, reported on the Norwegian fishery-experiments, 
pointing out the great importance of a future compilation of the material regarding 
the distribution of economical fishes collected during the international. imvestiga- 
tions in the region of the researches as also! of the preparation of charts, as sug- 
gested by the Christiania Program. 
Prof. Fr. Hemexe thought that such a compilation with regard to the geo- 
graphical distribution of the economical fishes could only be obtained satisfactorily, 
if all the participating countries published as soon as possible all the results of 
the catches made on the research steamers in as uniform and perspicuous a 
manner as possible, in order that these might be free and open to general consul- 
tation and comparison. He displayed schemes, projected by way of experiment for 
such a publication. | 
In the discussion which followed the utility of having these results published 
was generally acknowledged. The Committee resolved to recommend the following 
proposals to the International Council: 
I. The Committee considers it extremely desirable, that the preparation of 
charts showing the distribution of the food-fishes within the international 
area should be undertaken. 
II. As a necessary basis for the preparation of these charts and for the reports 
to be made by the Committee, it seems desirable to have a publication 
which would summarise in as uniform a manner as possible the composition 
of all the hauls made on the international investigating cruises. 
II. The Committee requests the Bureau of the I. C. to consider, if and how 
such a publication is financially practicable. 
Under Head 3 of the Agenda (Migrations of the Herring) the Convener, 
Dr. Jon. Hsortr, reported on a series of herring-investigations which had been made 
in Norway especially with the intention of studying the limits of the distribution of 
the two great herring-tribes: the Norwegian Vaarsild (Fettsild) and the autumn- 
herring of the northern North Sea, as also the differences between these herring- 
tribes. These investigations have given him the desire to undertake investigations 
on the herring in a more extensive way than hitherto and to work especially 
