COMMITTEE A — FEBR.-MARCH 1906 (6) 
Dr. Tryeom, Stockholm, stated that the material collected in the Skager Rak 
during the previous year had been sent to Dr. Horr to be worked out, and 
that this would also be done with the material to be collected by him in May. 
He intended to have fishing investigations with lines made during the summer in 
the neighbourhood of the Shetland Isles. 
Dr. Repexe, Helder, gave a list of the stations in the southern North Sea 
at which they had taken regular observations and made hauls with the egg-net 
during the years 1904 and 1905, and which would be visited again this year. 
Numerous observations have been made at these stations during January—April 
on the occurence of the gadoid eggs, larvae etc.. and the intention was to conti- 
nue these investigations this year. In June—July a longer cruise would be made 
through the North Sea, during which special attention would be paid to the distri- 
bution of the early stages of the gadoids. 
: Prof. Gmson, Louvain, said that the would continue his marking experi- 
ments and would be specially engaged with the question of the destruction of 
young fishes caused by the shrimp fishery. 
Dr. WALTER Garstanc, Lowestoft, stated that he had marked a considerable 
number of cod and haddock and obtained promising results. On the other 
‘hand observations on the distribution of the eggs and larvae had not yet been 
made to any great extent, but he hoped to make greater progress in this direction 
in the future. He mentioned that a statement of the work which would be carried 
out by England during the different months had been sent in to the Bureau, 
Prof. D’Arcy W. Tuompson, Dundee, stated that the great endeavour of the 
Scottish investigations at present was to have a frequent repetition of the work, 
once every six weeks within a region of limited extent, and hydrographical obser- 
vations were undertaken at the same time. He then described the arrangement 
made with Norway for the investigation of the northern part of the North Sea. 
He mentioned lastly that much had been attained during the past year by the 
use of Hrıncke’s large net and other apparatus for the study of the eggs and young 
fish, and that a very large material had been collected for the determination of 
the rate of. growth of the Gadidae. 
Dr. Breitruss, Petersburg, stated that the year 1905 had been utilized to 
work up the material collected during the previous 7 years, and that he was now 
