COMM. B — FEBR. 1903 — APPEND. 



Annexe A 

 Rapport provisoire de l'administrateur 



Draft Report, based on the Procès-Verbaux of the Edinburgh Meeting and on 



reports received from the members of the committee, but not previously 



submitted to a meeting of the committee 



The first meeting of the Committee was held at Edinburgh on September 

 6th last, under the Presidency of the General Secretary, all the members being 

 present except the Danish representative, who forwarded a letter which was read 

 by the Convener. 



It was there agreed that for the solution of the problems referred to the 

 Committee further knowledge was required under the following heads included in 

 the Christiania Programme: 



1. . Trawling experiments for determining the characteristics and population of 



the various fishing grounds. 



2. Experiments upon marked fishes, in order to determine the migrations and 

 rate of growth of fishes, as well as to measure the percentage of fish actu- 

 ally caught by commercial fishing vessels. 



3. Statistics of fishermen's catches. 



4. Special investigations on the growth, age, fecundity and racial varieties of 

 the more important fishes. 



A provisional understanding was arrived at for the conduct of the work 

 until the next meeting of the Committee, in February. 



As, however, more time was required for the completion of the arrangements 

 in the various countries, it was resolved to defer the formal settlement of details 

 until the next meeting, when the results of various preliminary experiments would 

 also be available. 



