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  REPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  had 
  entered 
  into 
  cooperative 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean 
  in 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  industry. 
  One 
  full 
  session 
  of 
  the 
  council 
  was 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  investigations 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  

   carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  results 
  that 
  

   might 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  the 
  coordination 
  of 
  fishery 
  v/ork 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic. 
  The 
  subject 
  was 
  considered 
  also 
  at 
  the 
  

   meetings 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  sections 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  council 
  is 
  naturally 
  

   divided. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  concluding 
  session 
  of 
  the 
  council, 
  formal 
  resolutions 
  were 
  

   passed 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  special 
  lines 
  of 
  biological 
  and 
  physical 
  

   research 
  that 
  are 
  desirable 
  on 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  coasts 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  

   supplement 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  already 
  done 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

   The 
  cooperative 
  investigations 
  recommended 
  for 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   have 
  direct 
  relation 
  to 
  problems 
  now 
  receiving 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  

   council, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  (as, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  abun- 
  

   dance 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  mackerel) 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  in 
  America 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time, 
  wliile 
  others 
  (such 
  as 
  the 
  biological 
  and 
  economic 
  effects 
  

   of 
  trawl-net 
  fishing) 
  are 
  certain 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  important 
  to 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  

   near 
  future. 
  

  

  Occasion 
  having 
  arisen 
  for 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  

   council, 
  the 
  unanimous 
  choice 
  of 
  the 
  delegates 
  was 
  Geheimrat 
  Fritz 
  

   Rose, 
  vice 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  council 
  and 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  semiofficial 
  

   Deutsche 
  See-Fischerei 
  Verein. 
  In 
  the 
  reorganization 
  of 
  the 
  execu- 
  

   tive 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  council, 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  thereon 
  was 
  brought 
  up. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  adhe- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  to 
  the 
  membership 
  and 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  sending 
  

   delegates 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  purely 
  business 
  meetings, 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   delegate 
  advised 
  that, 
  for 
  the 
  present, 
  no 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  executive 
  

   board 
  was 
  desired. 
  Ultimately, 
  however, 
  it 
  will 
  become 
  necessary 
  

   for 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  fishing 
  nations 
  in 
  this 
  affilia- 
  

   tion, 
  to 
  assume 
  its 
  share 
  of 
  responsibility 
  and 
  labor 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  council. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  and 
  diverse 
  subjects 
  that 
  come 
  before 
  the 
  

   council 
  at 
  the 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  sections 
  devoted 
  to 
  hydrographic, 
  

   planktonic, 
  and 
  fishery 
  investigations, 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  for 
  one 
  dele- 
  

   gate 
  adequately 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  to 
  derive 
  the 
  

   proper 
  benefit 
  from 
  participation 
  in 
  the 
  meetings. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  

   important 
  that 
  hereafter 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  have 
  two 
  delegates 
  in 
  

   attendance, 
  and 
  thus 
  conform 
  with 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  nations. 
  

  

  SOME 
  NEEDS 
  OF 
  THE 
  SERVICE. 
  

  

  NEW 
  OFFICE 
  BUILDING, 
  WITH 
  LABORATORIES 
  AND 
  PUBLIC 
  AQl'ARIUM. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  office 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   unsuitable 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  being 
  antiquated, 
  overcrowded, 
  and 
  

   insanitary. 
  The 
  office 
  and 
  laboratory 
  accommodations 
  impede 
  the 
  

  

  