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this conception, and to suggest what future measures should be taken in order 
gradually to approach the solving of the question of weather-forecasts for long 
periods by an extension of combined hydrographic and meteorological obser-" 
vations. 
2. The migrations and occurrence of the herring. 
The International Council is requested to state in how far the results of 
the combined hydrographic and biological study of the Skager Rak, the North Sea 
and the Norwegian Sea spread light over the question of the periodic appear- 
ance of herring-shoals at our coasts, and further to consider the question if a 
marked depletion in the stock ot the herring (strömming) in the Baltic has 
taken place of late years and if so, whether any legislative measures of inter- 
national character can be recommended in the interest of the fishery. 
3. The International Council is requested to deliver its opinion regarding the pro- 
bable causes of the decrease in the salmon fishery of the Baltic during later 
years, which from the statistics for the Swedish fisheries seems to be obvious, 
and to consider if: 
a. a size-limit for the catch and the sale of marketable salmon and trout can 
be recommended ; 
b. the breeding of salmon and trout in the rivers falling into the Baltic should 
be recommended by the International Council to. the fishery-authorities of 
Finland, Russia, Prussia, Denmark and Sweden. 
The President expressed his thanks to the various members who had laid 
the wishes of their Governments before the Meeting. He proposed that the dis- 
cussion of the various proposals and wishes be postponed and that the Bureau 
should be authorized to prepare the considerable material of desiderata for further 
treatment. The Bureau would endeavour to find the best methods of treatment 
for the various questions and lay these before the International Council for deli- 
beration. Whether this would necessitate a further meeting of the International 
Council, say in the course of the summer, or whether it would be possible to 
reach a decision on the part of the Council by way of correspondence could not 
be determined at that moment. 
After brief discussion the method proposed by the President was agreed to 
by the Meeting. 
Under Head 7 of the Agenda (The Internationa] Study of the Sea 
after July 21st 1907) the President stated that various communications bearing 
on this point had been received by the Bureau. He would invite the represen- 
