Patrick McHugh, Secretary-Treasurer, Atlantic Fishermen's Union (A.F.L.),
Boston, Massachusetts.
Captain Harold C. Moore, Co-ordinator for Interdepartmental and Inter- 152
national Affairs, United States Coast Guard, Department of the Treasury.
RichardpReed Commissioner, Sea and Shore Fisheries State of Maine. Secretary-
Edward Castleman, Office of the Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary
for Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of State.
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Observers-
Dr. D. B. Finn, Director of the Fisheries Division.
Dr. J. L. Kask, Chief of the Biological Branch of the Fisheries Division.
Observers
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
A. T. A. Dobson, First Vice-President of the International Council for
the Exploration of the Sea.
Dr. Alfredo M. Ramalho, Vice-President of the International Council for
the Exploration of the Sea.
The Conference met at Washington on 26th January, 1949, under the temporary Chairmanship of W. M. Chapman, Chairman of the Delegation of the United States of America.
Under the authority of the President of the United States of America the following officers were designated: Clarke L. Willard, Associate Chief, Division of International Conferences, Department of State, Secretary-General of the Conference; Charles I. Bevans, Deputy Assistant for Treaty Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, Treaty Adviser to the Conference; and Donald J. Chaney, Chief Counsel, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Technical Secretary of the Conference.
At the opening session the Conference agreed unanimously to accept the staff members of the Secretariat provided by the Government of the United States of America.
Wilbert M. Chapman, Chairman of the Delegation of the United States of America, was elected Permanent Chairman of the Conference at the first session held on 26th January, 1949, and Klaus Sunnanaa, Chairman of the Delegation of Norway was elected Vice-Chairman of the Conference at the same session.
The general committees established by the Rules of Procedure adopted provisionally at the opening session were constituted as follows:
Executive Committee
Wilbert M. Chapman (United States), Chairman.
Stewart Bates (Canada).
B. Dinesen (Denmark).
Marius Terrin (France).
Thor Thors (Iceland).
Alberto Tarchiani (Italy).
Raymond Gushue (Newfoundland).
Klaus Sunnanaa (Norway).
Rear-Admiral Manuel C. Meyrelles (Portugal).
Germán Baráibar (Spain).
A. T. A. Dobson (United Kingdom).
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William E. S. Flory (United States).
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