. Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946. Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture. The followin •r is from tlie December, 1943, issue: INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF INQUIRY REPORTS ON GREAT LAKES FISHERIES Report Based on Facts Obtained in Twenty-nine Hearings and in 4,000 Questionnarles Followins two years' intensive investigation, the International Board of Inquiry established February 29, 1940, by the United States and Canada to studv conservation of fisheries in the Great Lakes has submitted its report. The report recommends that, l)ased on the results of common st
. Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946. Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture. The followin •r is from tlie December, 1943, issue: INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF INQUIRY REPORTS ON GREAT LAKES FISHERIES Report Based on Facts Obtained in Twenty-nine Hearings and in 4,000 Questionnarles Followins two years' intensive investigation, the International Board of Inquiry established February 29, 1940, by the United States and Canada to studv conservation of fisheries in the Great Lakes has submitted its report. The report recommends that, l)ased on the results of common studies of these fisheries, regulations for their management he formulated and tested by a joint agency of the two countries. Establishment of the International Board of Inquiry grew out of a series of interstate and international conferences held during the past few years l)y the Council of State Governments for the conserva- lion of the Great Lakes fisheries. The problem of conservmg the fisheries of the Great Lakes had also long engaged the attention of the Governments of Canada and the United States, the Province of Ontario and the States bordering on the Great Lakes. The produce tion of certain species of Great Lakes fish had readied low levels. Durincr its two-year investigation, the Board conducted hearings and meetings in 29 cities on the Great Lakes in which more than 1,500 commercial fishermen, public officials and sportsmen participated. Facts lirought out at the meetings were supplemented by information from 4,000 questionnaires mailed to commercial ^lermen ia ihfi wefc The recommendations made by full Board are as follows! (1) That there be common investigation of the fisheries of the Great Lakes. (2) That, insofar as investigation shows fisheries to be dependent upon a common stock or to have the same conditions, regulations for management of these fisheries be formulated and tested by a com- mon or joint agency. (3) That where investigations are not conclusive su
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