biology, zoology or botany of many colleges and universities. However, to include all such 

 departments would require the listing of virtually all colleges and universities in the world. 

 We considered this task to be beyond the scope of our objectives. 



The committee feels strongly that a primary objective of the Directory should be to facili- 

 tate communication between scientists in different geographical locations who are engaged in 

 similar or related research projects. For this reason, the major research programs and their 

 scientific leaders have been included. No attempt has been made to list all the professional 

 staff of any station, because of the frequent change in personnel and the inevitable shifting 

 of scientists from one station to another. 



Because many stations are small or in isolated areas, library facilities are often inadequate. 

 The committee has included, therefore, a list of the publications issued by each laboratory 

 or its parent organization in the expectation that exchanges of such publications between 

 research centers will be facilitated. 



The need for such a Directory requires no justification. There is no up-to-date, world- 

 wide account of marine and fresh-water biological stations. Following World War II, in- 

 terest increased greatly in the development and expansion of marine and fresh-water biological 

 research, particularly when these subjects were related to development and management of 

 aquatic resources. Economic development in recently independent nations and older nations 

 economically poorly developed has also influenced significantly the expansion of research and 

 utilization of aquatic resources. National and international programs of oceanographic re- 

 search are now placing obligations upon all maritime countries to establish centers for such 

 investigations. It is appropriate at this time, therefore, to compile a comprehensive account 

 of existing facilities to provide aquatic scientists with a framework upon which to plan future 

 activities. 



This compilation has necessarily been a co-operative enterprise. Primary sponsoring agencies 

 were the American Institute of Biological Sciences, UNESCO, and the U. S. Office of Naval 

 Research. Many sources of published information were used to provide the initial listings, 

 including information collected by UNESCO in preparation for its directory of marine sci- 

 entific institutions. The Department of Natural Sciences of UNESCO has been particularly 

 helpful to the committee by making available all its information on marine scientific institu- 

 tions and by serving as liaison between the committee and some country representatives. 

 Most of the detailed information was contributed by the executive officers of the institutions 

 listed. The writer wishes to express his gratitude to all those who contributed information. 



The committee chairman. Professor Fage, enlisted the cooperation of special country rep- 

 resentatives who served in a liaison capacity between the committee and executive officers of 

 the institutions to be included in the Directory. In most instances the country representatives 

 have checked the listings to make certain of their accuracy. The committee is especially appre- 

 ciative of the cooperation given by these key individuals. 



Special acknowledgement is due Dr. S. J. Holt, Chief, Fisheries Branch, FAO, for making 

 both information and extensive checking services of his office available to the committee. 

 Without his assistance, the Directory would be substantially less complete than it is. 



As in all undertakings of this kind, there is one individual without whose assistance the 

 project would not have proceeded so well. In this case, the committee owes its deepest grati- 

 tude to Mrs. Arthur H. Dole who assisted the editor in all aspects of the work. Special credit 

 is also due Mr. Wayne Clark for his excellent assistance in checking the material and prepar- 

 ing it for the printer. Many persons gave freely of their time to assist with translations and 

 to check the typescript where language other than English was used. To them, also, the com- 

 mittee is deeply grateful. 



Robert W. Hiatt 



University of Hawaii 

 December 23, 1962 



