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THE Committee of the Atlantic Continental Slope, on July 16, 1937, formed a sub-committee for the study of a technique concerning researches on the mackerel. Representatives from England, Ireland, France, Portugal and Germany were elected on the sub-committee, which met at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory during December 8-9, 1937. At this meeting discussions took place on: (1) the methods of sampling and selective action of nets; (2) biometrical data; (3) food; (4) age determination; (5) stages of sexual maturity; (6> plankton and hydrographical observations; (7) collection of early metamorphosed stages; (8) commercial statistics; (9) other researches.
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International Fisheries Research in the Atlantic. Nature 145, 943–944 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145943b0
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