Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of
JOHN ALAN GULLAND FRS
(1926-1990)
Compiled by Timothy E. Powell and Peter Harper
Deposited in the College Archives,
Imperial College of Science and Technology,
1991
London
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LIST OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
SECTION A
PUBLICATIONS
SECTION
CONSULTANCIES
SECTION
VISITS, CONFERENCES
AND LECTURES
SECTION
BIOGRAPHICAL
SECTION
CORRESPONDENCE
INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS AND ORGANISATIONS
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PROVENANCE
The papers were received in May and September 1991 from
Mrs’ br
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OUTLINE OF THE CAREER OF J.
A. GULLAND
John Alan Gulland was born in Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire, on
16 September 1926.
He was educated at Marlborough College and,
following wartime service in the Royal Navy, Jesus College
Cambridge where he read Mathematics.
Fisheries Laboratory at Lowestoft working on the calculation of
fish populations.
In 1951 he joined the
a ban on the
He took early
Gulland served as consultant to a number of overseas and
international fisheries management organisations, including the
International Whaling Commission for which he was an advisor
1964-86.
This association had begun a year earlier in 1963;
He remained at Lowestoft until 1966 when he
joined the Fisheries Department of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organisation based in Rome.
retirement in 1984 as Chief of the Marine Resources Service and
moved to Imperial College London as Senior Research Fellow for
Environmental Technology, working in Dr J. Beddington's
Renewable Resources Assessment Group.
the impact of the annual seal cull on seal populations.
when Gulland was one of four scientists (the 'Group of Four')
asked to investigate the impact of whaling on stocks of blue
whales.
The report of the Group resulted in
hunting of blue whales in 1965.
Royal Commission on Seals and Sealing 1984-86 which assessed
He also served on the Canadian
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For his contributions to the mathematical analysis of the
dynamics of fish populations and commercial fisheries Gulland
was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1984.
was awarded honorary degrees by the universities of Rhode
Island and Helsinki and in 1990 received the American Fisheries
Society Award of Excellence.
Gulland died on 24 June 1990.
He
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
The material is presented in the order given in the List of
Contents.
The collection comprises correspondence and papers
from Gulland's period as Senior Research Fellow at Imperial
College London, 1984-90.
It includes
There is
a member of
the Editorial Board and as referee.
Section A, Publications, is chiefly drafts by Gulland, some
unpublished, with related correspondence.
documentation relating to Gulland's work as editor of the
second edition of the book Fish Population Dynamics.
also a sequence of editorial correspondence relating
principally to journals for which Gulland acted as
Section B, Consultancies, consists of material relating to six
Organisations for which Gulland acted as consultant or advisor.
These include the European Community which Gulland advised on
fishing fleets for the 1992-96 Multiannual Guidance Programme,
and the Canadian Government for whom Gulland acted as
consultant on a number of projects, most notably the Royal
Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry in Canada.
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Section C, Visits, conferences and lectures, consists chiefly
of papers documenting some of the many overseas visits made by
Gulland after his departure from the FAO, among them a visit to
Antarctica in 1985 for a conference on the Antarctic Treaty.
Section D, Correspondence, is the contents of Gulland's
correspondence files for the period 1984-90.
to references and recommendations have been removed from the
sequence and presented in
a separate subsection which is
Papers relating
subject to restricted access.
Section E, Biographical, is very slight.
It includes a number
of photographs of Gulland.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Peek. Powell
P. Harper
We are very grateful to Mrs Gulland for making the material
available and for her advice and encouragement.
Bath 21991
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SECTION A
PUBLICATIONS
A:1 -—.A:55
Drafts
A.56 - A.80
Editorial correspondence
‘Fisheries management: a biological, economic
or political problem?' Latest bibliographical
reference 1984.
34pp ms draft.
The material
‘Interaction with fisheries', Ambio 15
This was a special issue dealing with marine
mammals for which Gulland wrote an article on
interaction between marine mammals and
fishermen.
(1986).
FAO communications from Gulland dated 1972 and
1983-84. Those 1983-84 chiefly record his
critical views on the 1984 'World Conference'
organised by the FAO and on what he felt to be
the politicisation of the FAO.
also includes 'World Conference on Fisheries
Development and Mis-management', a satirical
"Briefing Document'. Kept with preceding as
illustrative of the political problems involved
in fisheries management.
Correspondence with editor.
l4pp typescript with ms corrections; proof copy
with ms corrections.
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Publications
‘Management and uncertainty; the example of
South Georgia'. Submitted to International
Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Journal du Conseil 1986.
(ICES)
13pp typescript with ms annotation by RJH
Beverton, editor; correspondence with Beverton.
"Some considerations of the dynamics of
Notothenia rossii round South Georgia’.
Submitted to ICES Journal du Conseil 1986.
3pp ms draft with 5pp ms and typescript
appendix; 2pp typescript draft 'The net annual
increment, and Antarctic stocks'; ms
calculations.
Correspondence, 1985-86, re paper by Gulland, S
Garcia and E Miles submitted to Marine Policy
1986.
Background material.
"By-catch',
'Newaiby'.
Typescript draft with ms correction. 2 folders.
'The potential of Kuwait fish stocks'. Report
probably compiled for the Government of Kuwait.
Latest bibliographical reference 1986.
Miscellaneous.
"Gargoor'.
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Publications
Letters on whaling to New Scientist, January
and June 1987.
Letters on problems of fisheries scientists and
ELEFAN to Fishbyte, 2 and 18 February 1987.
‘Natural mortality and size'. Marine Ecology 39
(1987), 197-199.
9pp typescript + figure; proof with ms
corrections; correspondence with O Kinne,
editor.
"Seals and fisheries; a case for predator
control?' Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2
(1987).
4pp typescript with ms annotation by A Sugden,
editor; correspondence with editor re
publication of the article and reply by S
HOt,
J
19pp typescript + figures; faxes re
publication; correspondence arising with R JH
Beverton 1988.
"Beyond MSY [Maximum Sustained Yield]: a
consideration of definitions of management
objectives', CCAMLR [Commission for the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources]
(WG-CSD-87/12) .
Nicholson, editor.
‘Selected Scientific Papers' 1987
'The impact of seals on fisheries', Marine
Policy July 1987.
9pp typescript; correspondence with J
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Publications
‘Falklands fishing', Marine Policy July 1987.
2pp typescript with ms corrections; covering
letter.
'The management of the fisheries of the North
Sea; looking towards the 21st century', Marine
Palicy:1967..
25pp typescript.
Correspondence with editor; figures; ms notes.
Invitation from N Kurti to contribute to
anthology on food and drink, with Gulland's
contribution on verso,
1987.
Tables, figures etc.
Correspondence with C
co-authors,and R
J
P Mathews and M Samuel,
P Mathews, M Samuel and J
19pp typescript + references. With ms
annotation.
"On the estimation of natural mortality' by
Gulland, C
U Lee.
Submitted for publication in ICES Journal du
Conseil 19 1987.
H Beverton, editor, 1987-88.
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Publications
Fish Population Dynamics, second edition (John
Wiley & Sons, Chichester). Gulland had edited
the first edition, published in 1977,
1984 was asked to edit a second edition as part
of a general series on population dynamics. It
was published in 1988. Gulland contributed a
preface and a chapter on
population dynamics and contemporary fishery
management".
'The problems of
and in
Incomplete typescript draft of preface with ms
annotation; 3pp typescript list of contents;
'Progress' lists; review from Journal of
Applied Ecology.
A.26-A.29
Correspondence with publishers 1984-89. This
sequence also includes 1987 correspondence re a
book ‘Problems in the management of marine
fisheries' which Gulland was to write for them.
A.26
1984-85
A.28 1987
Pope, J
‘G
Cushing, DH
P
A.30-A.38
A.30
Smith, TD
A.27
1986
A.29 1988-89
Shepherd, J G
Beddington, J
Correspondence with contributors 1985-88.
Garcia, S
Sissenwine, M
Larkin, PA
Garrod, ~D
«J;
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Publications
Csirke, J
Allen, K
R and Kirkwood, G
P
Brander, K
Pauly, D
painenoury, KJ
Beverton, R JH (withdrew from the project)
‘The end of whaling?' New Scientist, 29 October
1988.
8pp typescript with extensive ms annotation and
correction (not by Gulland); 18pp typescript
‘tidy copy' with covering letter.
Ms and typescript notes, graphs and
"Mean length as
assessment'. Latest bibliographical reference
1988.
a simple tool in stock
Spp tyescript; annotated 8pp typescript +
appendix and figures; brief correspondence
1988.
Correspondence relating to and arising from
article, chiefly with J Cherfas of the New
Scientist 1987-88. Includes copies of Cherfas's
articles to which Gulland responded.
calculations.
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Publications
‘How many Minke whales are there in the
Antarctic?' ?Submitted to New Scientist. Latest
bibliographical reference 1988.
Spp typescript with ms correction; 2pp
typescript draft 'Minke whales'.
"Tuna and international institutions’.
Submitted to Marine Policy 1988.
3pp typescript; correspondence.
‘Comments on "The state of worldwide fisheries
statistics": a model', Marine Resource
Economics 6 (1989).
3pp typescript; correspondence with J
Sutinen, editor, and M A Robinson.
G
45pp typescript + list of contents and list of
tables. 2 folders.
Typescript drafts of sections of the article
annotated by Gibson.
Correspondence re article 1986-87, 1989; etc.
J
"The use of spreadsheets in fisheries research'
by Gulland and D
M Gibson. This was prepared
as
a circular for the Marine Resources Service
of FAO.
Typescript drafts.
"Principles of length based methods'. Possibly
incomplete draft of chapter of planned book.
Latest bibliographical reference 1989.
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Publications
"Stock and recruitment: some notes for a
Statistical examination'. Nd.
3pp typescript; ms notes.
Typescript and ms drafts on calculating
catchability.
Gulland's annotated copy of 'Comments on:
Report on the trawling survey around the
Falkland Islands (1985-1986)'. Nd.
‘Uncertainty and management'. ?Letter to
Times. Nd.
The
2pp ms.
Ms notes for draft on international
perspectives in fisheries management. Nd.
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Publications
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Aquatic Living Resources
1987-89
The journal was launched in 1987. Gulland was a
member of the Scientific Committee.
Invitation to serve and papers re new journal.
Correspondence and papers re first meeting of
Scientific Committee, Paris, 7 December 1988.
Refereeing. 2 folders.
Butterworth Scientific Ltd
1987
1988-90
1985-89
A.63,A.64
A.60
Re possible book on the history of the
International Whaling Commission
A.61,A.62
Refereeing. 2 folders.
International Council for the Exploration
of the Sea
(ICES)
Cambridge University Press
Refereeing. 2 folders.
Gulland refereed for the Council's Journal du
Conseil.
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Publications
Marine Ecology Progress Series
1985-90
Gulland was a member of the Editorial Board
resigning 1990.
A.65-A.69
Chiefly re refereeing. 5 folders.
Marine Policy
1976-89
The journal was launched in 1976. Gulland was a
member of the Editorial Board.
A.70-A.72
Correspondence and papers re Editorial Board
business and meetings 1976-89. 3 folders.
Book reviews.
Refereeing.
Natural Resource Modeling
1985-88
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B
The journal was launched in 1985. Gulland was a
member of the Editorial Advisory Board.
Request for contributions.
Chiefly re editorial policy.
A.76
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Publications
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
1986-89
The journal was launched in 1986. Gulland was a
member of the Advisory Editorial Board 1986-89.
A.77-A.79
Correspondence and papers re Editorial Board
business. 3 folders.
Refereeing.
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SECTION B
CONSULTANCIES
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR
OCEAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH
COUNCIL
PROJECT PROSPERO
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
1984-88
Be -B0
Bs, B.8
Bi 9=Be 14
Caricom Marine Resource Survey
Task Group on Newfoundland Inshore
Fishery
Royal Commission on Seals and the
Sealing Industry in Canada
Project
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Consultancies
Royal Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry in Canada
The Commission was established in 1984
conduct a full inquiry...into seal resource
management and the seal industry in Canada’.
Gulland was invited to join the Commission. It
held its first meeting in September 1984 and
released its Report in December 1986.
'to
Papers re first meeting September 1984.
Minutes of meetings 1985.
Correspondence and papers re work of Commission
1986. Includes letter to the Guardian by
Gulland, 15 July, following a leak of part of
the draft Report, and the Commission Chairman's
‘position paper'.
Other Commission papers and background material.
Includes copy of denunciation of Commission
members Gulland and K
exploitation’ by S*J°Holt;
R Allen as
'pro-
Press-cuttings.
Task Group on Newfoundland Inshore Fishery
Newsletter outlining the recommendations of the
Commission Report, November 1986; memorandum on
release of Report, 16 December 1986.
five-man Group which reported in November.
The Task Group was established in August 1987 to
investigate the decline in the catch of cod in
the inshore waters off eastern Newfoundland and
Labrador since 1982. Gulland was a member of the
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Consultancies
Correspondence and papers re Task Group.
Data’ on Catches of cod? ms notes:
CARICOM Marine Resource Survey Project.
This project was sponsored by the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA)
provide the CARICOM [Caribbean Common Market and
Community] member countries with resource-
related information necessary for the
development of regional and local fisheries
Management plans'.
'to
CIDA approached Washburn & Gillis Associates Ltd
to prepare a draft project formulation study.
This draft was criticised and Gulland and $
Sandeman were asked to review it. They concluded
the criticisms were justified. Washburn & Gillis
then submitted a revised study.
a consultant on
Draft terms of reference for Gulland and
Sandeman's review of the draft study,
30
November 1987; contract and contract amendment.
In 1989 Gulland again acted as
Caribbean fisheries management, for the
International Centre for Ocean Development (see
B59) :
(should read 1988).
Background information for the review.
Ms notes by Gulland and Sandeman on the study
and on fisheries in the CARICOM area.
Gulland and Sandeman's review of the draft
study, with covering letters 2 February 1987
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Consultancies
"Caribbean Community and Common Market Living
Resources Survey Formulation Study Volume I
Final Report' by Washburn & Gillis Associates,
March 1988.
Correspondence re project February - October
1988. Includes Gulland's ‘Additional comments'
on the. Final. Report ',.15 April.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
1989-90
In May 1989 the Commission of the European
Communities established a Group of Independent
Experts under the Directorate of Fisheries to
prepare guidelines for the 1992-96 Multiannual
Guidance Programme (MGP).
on how the over-capacity in the fishing fleets
of European Community member states could be
reduced. Gulland was the UK member of the Group
and was responsible for drafting the Group's
EEPOrt.
It was to offer advice
(General
List of members of the Group.
Papers for first meeting of Group, Brussels,
Ti-~i2 May 1989. °3 golders.
Correspondence re Gulland's first draft of
sections 1 (Introduction) and 2
Contributions) circulated July 1989.
Belgium.
Data supplied to Gulland by members of the
Group 1989.
EEC data from previous MGP.
3 folders.
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Data on fishing fleets.
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Denmark. 3 folders.
France. 3 folders.
Greece. 2 folders.
Ireland.
LGaly. 6 folders:
Netherlands. 2 folders.
Portugal.
Spain. 3 folders.
United Kingdom. 3 folders.
West Germany.
Annotated agenda for second meeting of the
Group, Brussels, 4-5 September 1989.
December 1989.
Correspondence re Gulland's draft of section 3
(The present condition of the fisheries),
circulated October 1989. Includes copy of the
aratt.
Gulland's draft of section 3 (Summary
description of fleets and stocks), circulated
Gulland’s “""“Re-draft'
Report, circulated November 1989.
of sections 1 and 2
of
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Consultancies
Correspondence re drafts circulated in November
and December.
Draft agenda for third meeting of the Group,
Brussels, 9-11 January 1990.
Gulland's drafts of section 4 (Conclusions) and
the Executive Summary, circulated February 1990.
"Brussels version' of Executive Summary and
short final report, faxed to Gulland April 1990.
With related correspondence and faxes.
VStOCck datay
Miscellaneous and background material.
a consultant on a proposed
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN DEVELOPMENT
1989
Copy of contract; Gulland's Report, l1pp
Gulland served as
project of assistance to fisheries management in
the Caribbean on behalf of this Canadian-based
Centre. Gulland had acted as
a consultant to
the Canadian Government on a similar project
1988-89 (see B.9-B.14).
typescript.
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Consultancies
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (IIED)
1986-87
B.60
Correspondence re work for IIED. Includes
Gulland's 'Notes on possible assistance in
improving resources management in the fisheries
of SIDA [?Swedish International Development
Agency) priority countries'°;8 April 1987.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
1985
Gulland was a member of the NERC's Visiting
Group to the Life Sciences Division of the
British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge. The
Group visited BAS in July 1985.
Papers for visit. .4 folders:
Background information.
Invitation to serve; correspondence re
arrangements for visit.
"Report of the Visiting Group to the British
Antarctic Survey: Life Sciences Division'.
Material arising.
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Consultancies
PROJECT PROSPERO
1988-89
Project Prospero was a programme developed by
the International Federation of Institutes of
Advanced Study (IFIAS)
to improve the management
of living marine resources by the integration of
scientific, legal, economic and cultural
information into the decision-making processes.
Gulland served as
a Co-ordinator of Section One
"Living Marine Resources Management Systems! and
was
'Key Investigator' in the case study of an
‘International Management Structure for Tuna'.
‘An international programme on modelling the
effects of human activities on the exploitation
of marine resources', draft of IFIAS initiative
which led to Project Prospero; letter from
Gulland to J
C McGlade, head of the Project,
confirming his interest in the initiative, 6
August 1987.
Typescript draft prospectus for Project
Prospero. 2 folders.
Brochure for Project Prospero.
Jpp typescript .
Typescript drafts of introduction and two
sections of prospectus for Project Prospero.
Correspondence re Section One Mini Symposium on
Methods of Fish Stock Assessment planned for
1990; ‘Inventory of fishery management systems',
C.2tate 1988,
folders.
Correspondence, 1988-89 ,
meeting on tuna and billfish management. 4
re possible technical
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from his experience at the Second
Gulland took the idea of such a meeting, to form
part of his case study on the management of
tuna,
International Billfish Symposium held in Hawaii
August 1988
felt he was unable to devote sufficient time to
organising the meeting and asked to be relieved.
The meeting took place at the end of October
1989.
(see C.60-C.62). By June 1989 he
Bee
Bi 6
1988 Sep-Oct
B.77 1989 Jan-Feb
1988 Nov-Dec
B.78 1989 Mar-Oct
Ms notes re Project Prospero;
'Project
Prospero Quarterly News,",.vol.1, no.1,
February 1989; brief correspondence re fee.
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SECTION C
VISITS, CONFERENCES AND LECTURES
ual,
Oa Io
Conference on Fisheries Management: Issues and
Options, Anchorage, 13-16 November 1984. Gulland
served on the Fishery Management Tools Panel and
spoke on 'Fisheries management problems; an
international perspective' and 'The tools of
management: biological considerations'.
Correspondence re arrangements and publication
of proceedings.
Programme; list of participants; Gulland's ms
notes on proceedings; 5pp ms notes for first
contribution.
Correspondence re arrangements; ms notes.
19pp typescript of Gulland's lecture.
39pp typescript draft of second contribution.
Visit to University of Washington, Seattle 16-23
November 1984. Gulland was invited to give a
lecture at the University on his return from the
Anchorage Conference. He spoke on 'Regional
management: performance and prospects'.
Transparencies.
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1985
Visits, conferences and lectures
C1 —G
6
Antarctic Treaty Workshop, Beardmore South Camp,
Antarctica, 7-13 January.
This was an unofficial workshop organised by the
United States Antarctic Research Program to
discuss the Antarctic Treaty system and the
future of the continent.
List of participants; programme for departure
from New Zealand to Antarctica; background
information etc.
Photocopies of press-cuttings re Workshop;
photograph of participants.
D Watts and press-cuttings re
Letter from A
cricket match played during the Workshop. This
match, in which Watts and Gulland played for the
"Beardmore Casuals' against the 'Godwanaland
Occasionals', was the most southerly game of
cricket ever played (only 400 miles from the
South Pole).
Miscellaneous memorabilia, including negatives
of photographs taken [?by Gulland] during the
Workshop.
International Conference on the theory and
application of length-based fish stock
assessment methods, Mazara del Vallo, Sicily,
10-15 February. Gulland chaired the conference.
participants and contributors.
Correspondence re arrangements etc., chiefly
with J
Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management],
1983-6842:
L Munro of ICLARM [International
2 folders.
Draft scheme for the conference; lists of
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Visits, conferences and lectures
Spiral-bound notepad used by Gulland for notes
on proceedings. Most pages not used.
Chairman's Report, 10pp typescript, with related
correspondence 1985-86.
oes Bg
ee
Workshop to assess the implications of extended
coastal jurisdiction for the management and
development of world fisheries, University of
Washington, Seattle, 7-12 July. Gulland spoke on
"Fishery management: how we can do better'.
Correspondence re arrangements and publication
of proceedings, 1984-87.
1l6pp typescript draft of Gulland's contribution.
1986
Cet Ono 220
Cael 28
27pp typescript of Gulland's contribution.
Figures and transparencies.
Correspondence re arrangements and publication
of Gulland's contribution in Proceedings of the
Royal Society A 407 (1986),127-141.
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on
Predictability in Science and Society, 21-22
March. Gulland spoke on 'Predictability of
living marine resources'.
comprehensive assessment'.
International Whaling Commission Scientific
Committee Special Meeting on Planning for a
comprehensive assessment of whale stocks,
Cambridge, 7-11 April. Gulland was a non-voting
contributor and presented 'Notes ona
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Visits, conferences and lectures
Cr2i.
Invitation; annotated provisional agenda.
Cs 22,0.¢e0
Papers presented including Gulland's. 2 folders.
Cea
Working papers. Gulland prepared an ‘Outline
work plan' of 'Scientific work to be done as
part of
a comprehensive assessment'.
Draft report of the meeting.
Report of the meeting.
Miscellaneous papers. 2 folders.
CE29= C232
Society for Underwater Technology Conference on
Exclusive Economic Zones: resources,
opportunities and the legal regime, London, 20
May. Gulland spoke on 'Fisheries and other
biological resources'.
Correspondence with organisers re arrangements.
Conference handbook.
12pp typescript of Gulland's contribution; ms
notes; copy of
'The new ocean regime: winners
and losers' by Gulland, Ceres, July-August 1979,
19-28%
Correspondence re arrangements; programme.
One-day panel symposium on the Future of the
Earth's Oceans, University of Rhode Island, 2
July. Gulland was one of the seven panellists.
Transparencies.
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Visits, conferences and lectures
C.34-C.40
Benguela Ecology Programme Symposium 'Benguela-
86', Capetown, South Africa, 7-12 September.
Gulland contributed a paper on
fishing on community structure’.
'The effect of
it might appear to be condoning the
Gulland planned to attend the symposium but
later withdrew, being unwilling to visit South
Africa as
government's racial policy. His contribution was
presented in his absence by D
Gulland also withdrew from the Editorial Board
of the South African Journal of Marine Science
which was publishing the proceedings, although
he assisted in the editing of the proceedings
informally.
S Butterworth.
Correspondence re arrangements 1983-86,
including correspondence re Gulland's withdrawal
from the symposium and visit to London by member
of the Benguela Ecology Programme, November
1986.
Provisional list of participants and session
speakers.
S Butterworth for
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L Payne re editing of
26pp typescript of Gulland's contribution 'with
revision March 87'.
Correspondence with A
contributions to symposium proceedings. 3
folders.
Figures; summary prepared by D
Oral presentation of contribution;
correspondence re Gulland's contribution.
October, the CSIRO Division of Fisheries
Visit to Australia and the Far East, September -
October.
Gulland visited the Western Australian Marine
Research Laboratories, Perth, 22 September -
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Research in Hobart and its Cleveland Marine
Laboratories in Brisbane, 14
the Australian Fisheries Service Canberra 24
October. He also visited Bangkok and Hong Kong
(not documented) .
23 October, and
-
Brief correspondence re arrangements for
Australian visits.
Gulland's ms notes and background information.
Correspondence arising from visit to Western
Australian Marine Research Laboratories.
Includes 14pp typescript of 'Gulland's Speech'
on fisheries management delivered in Perth.
Other correspondence arising, chiefly with F RH
Jones of CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart.
Includes notes on ‘Technical support to fishery
management in Australia', 5pp typescript and
‘Fishery Research in CSIRO', 4pp typescript with
ms annotation, prepared by Gulland.
Correspondence re arrangements for lecture to
LSE M.Sc. course on Sea Use,
1986.
2pp ms notes; transparencies; tables. Latest
reference 1986.
"New Zealand Conference'. Contents of Gulland's
folder so inscribed.
served, see B.1-B.6).
Spp ms notes; transparencies. The material is
for a lecture c.1986 (refers to the controversy
Surrounding the 1986 Report of the Canadian
Royal Commission on Seals on which Gulland
"Seals'. Contents of Gulland's envelope so
inscribed.
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Visits, conferences and lectures
Visit to Kuwait, 31 January -
5 February.
Agreement covering participation in workshop on
management of shrimp and fin fisheries. Gulland
was to present a paper analysing sensitivity of
shrimp models, review and edit papers presented
for the workshop proceedings, and act as
chairman/rapporteur for the workshop.
"World Fisheries; the current situation and
problems of management', lecture to LSE M.Sc.
course on Sea Use,
13 October.
Correspondence re arrangements; l16pp typescript
draft of lecture with ms correction and
annotation; ms notes.
C.50=C.55
"World Tuna Conference'.
La Jolla, California in
a meeting of
Correspondence and papers re possible
conference, and associated material, 1984-85. 4
folders.
This idea had been put forward at
tuna scientists at
January 1984. Gulland as Chief of the Marine
Resources Service of the FAO supported the idea.
It was suggested such a conference might be held
in 1987.
lecture. Latest reference 1987.
Ms notes and transparencies for unidentified
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"Fisheries management', lecture in Imperial
College M.Sc. course in Ecological Management,
11 January.
Timetable for lectures 5-13 January; ms notes
for lecture.
Training course on stock assessment and
fisheries management, Kuwait, 19-23 March.
Revised timetable; examples; ms notes.
Lectures 1° (Introduction), °3
(Mortalities), 5 (Mortality and mean length).
(Growth), 4
(Some other uses of length data),
8
(Yield per
Visit to Hawaii, July - August.
Ms notes for unidentified seminar, May.
Lectures 6 (Estimating growth from length data),
7
(Production models), 9 and 10
recruit).
Gulland visited Hawaii to attend the Second
International Billfish Symposium on planning the
future of billfish, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 1-5
August. On 26 July he gave a seminar on the
Antarctic at the Honolulu Laboratory of the US
National Marine Fisheries Service.
management.
Ms notes, transparencies and figures for seminar
on Antarctic; ms notes of outline of talk on the
role of
a fisheries biologist in fisheries
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Second International Billfish Symposium. Gulland
served as Moderator in the debate on management
procedures.
Correspondence re arrangements.
Programme; list of participants and symposium
recommendations; Gulland's report on symposium
for Marine Policy; etc.
International Institute of Fisheries Economics
and Trade Fourth Biennial Fisheries Conference,
Esbjerg, Denmark, 7-12 August. Gulland spoke
on 'Fishery management; where do we want to go?!
Correspondence with organisers re arrangements.
Session programme; list of participants;
correspondence arising including Gulland's
report on conference for Marine Policy.
l5pp typescript draft of Gulland's contribution
with ms annotation and correction; typescript
outline; figures and transparencies.
23pp typescript.
JETRO [Japan External Trade Organisation]
International Symposium on Bounties of the Sea
and ideal utilisation of the world fishery
resources, Tokyo,
the 'Current situation and future developments
of world fish resources'.
Invitation; programme; ms notes; figures; etc.
18 November. Gulland spoke on
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Mammal Society Symposium on Whales in
World, London, 25-26 November. Gulland spoke on
‘Commercial whaling: the past,
future?'
and has it
a Modern
a
Correspondence re arrangements and publication
of proceedings (selected papers, including
Gulland's, were published in Mammal Review);
programme.
2lpp typescript of Gulland's contribution with
ms annotation + abstract.
Other papers presented.
Correspondence re arrangements.
17pp typescript of Gulland's lecture on whales.
Correspondence arising from remark of Gulland on
whale stocks.
"Week of Fisheries', Horta, Azores, 6-10 March.
Gulland spoke on the current situation in world
fisheries and on 'Whaling and whale management'.
Papers from the workshop.
Workshop for Strategic Planning for United
States Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Program, La Jolla, United States, April.
Brief correspondence and papers re arrangements.
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Visits, conferences and lectures
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meetings on
Kell, fa Jolla, USA,
7-20. 0une. Gulland was
invited as
attend for reasons of ill-health.
an EEC Expert but was unable to
Correspondence and papers.
Fisheries Society International Symposium on
Fish Population Biology, Aberdeen, 17-21 July.
Gulland gave the opening address on 'Fish
populations and their management'.
Correspondence with organisers re arrangements
and publication of Gulland's address in the
Journal of Fish Biology 35
(1989), Supplement A.
Announcement; programme; list of participants.
Handbook of abstracts.
10pp typescript of Gulland's contribution with
ms correction and annotation.
'Do
ICES [International Council for the Exploration
of the Sea] Symposium on Multispecies Models
relevant to Management of Living Resources, The
Hague, 2-4 October. Gulland spoke on
Managers want multi-species models?'
typescript + figure for the symposium volume.
7pp typescript draft of Gulland's contribution
with ms annotation and correction; 13pp
Correspondence re arrangements and possible
publication of Gulland's contribution in the
symposium Proceedings.
‘Summing Up' comments by M P Sissenwine.
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Visits, conferences and lectures
International Symposium on Agriculture and
Fisheries Development in Oman, Muscat, 15-19
October. Gulland spoke on 'Fisheries research:
can this be organised to give value for money?'
Correspondence re arrangements; ms notes; 6pp
typescript of Gulland's contribution;
‘Conclusions and recommendations on the
fisheries sector'.
Conference handbook.
CCAMLR Eighth Annual Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania,
6-17 November. Gulland was to have attended this
meeting as
Stock Working Group and Scientific Committee but
was replaced for reasons of ill-health (see
Cal2)
an EEC Representative on the Fishing
Papers from 1988 Meeting of CCAMLR.
UK Delegation Report on 1988 Meeting by JA
Heap, with comments by Gulland.
Gulland's ms notes; CCAMLR Newsletter December
1989.
Correspondence re Gulland's attendance and
matters to be discussed at the Eighth Meeting.
population dynamics and fisheries management'
Meeting on British Marine Science and
Meteorology: the history of their development
and application to marine fishing problems,
London, 23 November. Gulland spoke on 'Fish
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The meeting, sponsored by the Buckland
Foundation in conjunction with the Challenger
Society for Marine Science and the Royal
Meteorological Society, was originally to have
been held in April 1988 but was subsequently
postponed.
Correspondence re arrangements for meeting in
1988.
Correspondence re arrangements for 1989 meeting;
report on the meeting.
Ms notes for Gulland's contribution; 12pp
typescript of contribution with ms correction;
transparencies.
Correspondence re arrangements.
Fourth International Conference on Environmental
Future on Surviving with the Biosphere,
Budapest, 22-27 April. Gulland was to speak in
the session on
'Use and abuse of the Seas' but
was unable to attend the conference because of
illness. His contribution was presented by NVC
Polunin. The proceedings were published by
Edinburgh University Press.
2 folders.
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CORRESPONDENCE
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References and recommendations
GENERAL SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE
The contents of Gulland's correspondence files for the
period 1984-1990, arranged in
a chronological sequence.
The correspondence includes references to visits,
conferences and publications, not otherwise documented.
Jun-Jul
Aug-Dec
Mar-Jun
Jul-Sep
Oct-Dec
Jan-Feb
1984
Nov-Dec
1984
Apr OCt
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