ADMINISTRATION-REPORT 1902-03 



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naturalists may go too deeply into and become lost in questions of detail, this has 

 to be prevented beforehand by making a definite term within which the results 

 obtained have to be drawn together and published. The only report which can 

 at present be made on the work of these committees must be restricted to the 

 manner and methods of working out the problems undertaken. 



Means and 

 Assistance 



Denmark 



A short review may be given here of the means and assistance at the 

 disposal of the various countries. 



Denmark has the steamer "Thor" at its disposal for the investigation of the 

 North Sea and North Atlantic; for the Danish waters, the Biological Station 

 and the steamer "Sallingsund" are made use of also. The director of all the bio- 

 logical and fisheries investigations is Dr. G. G. Joh. Petersen who has two assistants 

 in the work: Mag. Sc. Joh. Schmidt, and Mag. Sc. A. G. Johansen. The laboratory is 

 in Kj0benhavn 0, Willemoesgade Nr. 83. 



Germany Germany employs for these investigations the specially built steamer "Po- 



seidon". Dr. Fr. Heincke, tit. Professor, Heligoland, is director for the fishery and 

 biological investigations of the food fishes of the North Sea, Dr, Henking, tit. Pro- 

 fessor, Hannover, for the statistical work. The former investigations are for the 

 most part carried on at the "Königliche Biologische Anstalt", Heligoland. Professor 

 Heincke is aided by the collaboration of Dr. E. Ehrenbaum, tit. Professor, "Gustos 

 für Seefischerei", Heligoland; Dr. S. Strodtmann and Dr. H. Bolau are the scientific 

 "Hilfsarbeiter" and Dr. H. Maier the assistant. 



England England has the steamer "Huxley". The direction of the investigations is 



under Dr. E. J. Allen and Mr. Walter Garstang. The work is carried on partly 

 at the "Marine Biological Laboratory", Lowestoft, partly at the laboratory of the 

 "Marine Biological Association", Plymouth. The assistants are Mr. W. Wallace, 

 JMr. G. Förster Gooper (until the end of August, 1903), Mr. R. A. Todd, and Dr. 

 L. H. GouGH. 



The Netherlands The Netherlands make use of the hired steamer "Wodan". The director of 



the investigations is Dr. H. G. Redeke, and the work is undertaken in the "Biological 

 Laboratory of the Netherlands Institute for the Exploration of the Sea", (Zoological 

 Station) Helder. The assistants for the fishery and biological investigations are Dr. 

 J. Boeke and Mr. P. J. van Breemen. 



