Meeting of the Southern Zone Research Committee Present: Sir Maurice Yonge (Chair); Sir George Deacon; Sir Vivian Fuchs; Professor T N George; Professor J Heaslop-Harrison; Dr M E D Poore; Professor O W Richards; Lt Cdr D P D Scott; Professor T S Westoll. Present by invitation: Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Irving; Dr D R Stoddart Matters discussed: 1.) Previous minutes confirmed 2.) Membreship 3.) Seychelles 4.) Diego Garcia 5.) Aldabra 6.) Coelacanth 7.) Discussion meeting on Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean 8.) Galapagos research station 9.) Cook Bicentenary 10.) Phoenix Islands 11.) New Hebrides 12.) Palau Islands 13.) Oil drilling on the Great Barrier Reef 14.) Great Barrier Reef expedition 15.) Tristan da Cunha 16.) Man and the biosphere 17.) International interest in corals and coral reefs 18.) Pacific Science Congress Summary of recommendations Signed C M Yonge 18 September 1973 Document reference SZR/12(72) [C/59(72)] 21 February 1972