Eighth Southern Zone Research Committee Present: Sir Maurice Yonge (chairman); Professor E J H Corner; Dr F C Fraser; Sir Vivian Fuchs; Professor J S Kennedy; Dr L Harrison Matthews; Professor O W Richards Present by invitation Dr D R Stoddart Matters discussed: 1.) Previous minutes confirmed 2.) Membership 3.) Conservation in the Seychelles 4.) Aldabra 5.) Mauritius 6.) Cook bicentenary expedition 7.) Co-operative investigations of the Caribbean and adjacent regions (CICAR) 8.) Great Barrier Reef expedition 9.) Pacific science congress 10.) International symposium on corals and coral reefs 11.) Discussion meeting on coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean 12.) Acanthaster planci 13.) Oil drilling on the Barrier reef 14.) British Solomon Islands protectorate 15.) New Hebrides 16.) Palau Islands 17.) Tristan da Cunha 18.) Cold temperate South America Summary of recommendations Signed C M Yonge 21 November 1972 Document reference SZR/13(70) [C/114(70)] 16 June 1970