Citation: ICES 1902 The Second International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea, Christiania, 1901. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 6: 389-412
Number of Pages: 24
Volume Part: 3
Keywords: Baltic, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, History, Legislation, Marine, Netherlands, North Sea, Norway, Sweden
Abstract: This paper presents the minutes and resolutions of the 2nd International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea, held in Christiania in May, 1901, and attended by delegates from Norway, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Great Britain. The resolutions set out a programme for the hydrographical and biological (fish biology; plankton and bottom flora; fishery statistics) study of the North Sea, North Atlantic, Arctic Sea (sic), Baltic, Skagerrak and Kattegat, and establishes an International Council, a Central Bureau, and an international laboratory.