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b) information as detailed as possible of the spawning-places and spawning of the 
cod, of the occurrence and distribution of the eggs, of the larvae and of the 
first bottom stages, also of the further growth of the older stages, the com- 
mencement of maturity and the migrations. 
c) statistical data which seem absolutely necessary for the comprehension of the 
course of the fishery and the migrations of the cod. It is especially de- 
sirable to determine the quantities of cod which are taken annually in the 
Norwegian Sea on the one hand, and in the North Sea on the other. 
IV. The members of Committee A promise to collect, each in his own way 
and as quickly as possible according to the means at his disposal, as much as 
they can of the biological and statistical material as is necessary for the preparation 
of the report within the agreed-upon time, and to place this material at the dis- 
posal of the convener for the preparation of the report. 
V. Meanwhile — until the final report is prepared — the Committee through 
their convener wishes to send to the I. C. a brief review of the present state of 
their work as soon as possible, but considers it advisable at the same time not 
to be obliged to give any further report of their work between this review and 
the final report. 
On the proposal of President Herwic the Council postponed the discussion 
of the proposals of Committee A to the sitting of next day. 
With reference to Committee B, Mr. Garstang pomted out that the printed 
Proces-Verbal of the Amsterdam meeting was by this time in the hands of the 
members of the Council and that it contained information with regard to several 
points of the Committee’s work. He did not think it desirable therefore to enter 
into details on it now. He merely wished to state that the work of the Com- 
mittee would be benefited by leaving aside the part dealing with statistics and be 
therefore laid before the Council a set of resolutions adopted at the meeting of 
the Committee on the previous day. He then read the following: 
Considering that a clearer definition of the relative functions of the Bureau 
and of the Committee is desirable, and in view of the large range and variety of 
the questions included under the general subject at present referred to the Com- 
mittee, Committee B makes the following recommendations to the International 
Council: ; 
I. The name of the Committee shall be changed and shall be “The Com- 
mittee for investigating the biology of Pleuronectidae and other trawl-caught fishes”. 
I. The Committee shall be responsible solely for the biological work to be 
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