20 Bulgaria 



BULGARIA 



Institut po Ribarstvo 



INSTITUTE OF FISHERY RESEARCH 



POSTAL address: 



Marine laboratory: Vaena, Bulgaria (Varna, Bul- 

 garia). 



Fresh-ivater laboratory: Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 

 EXECUTIVE officers: Professor Al. Valkanov, Direk- 



tor, Marine laboratory. Mr. N. Gheorghiev, Direktor, 



Fresh-water laboratory. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Bulgarische Akademie der Wis- 



senschaften (Bulgarian Academy of Science). 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1932. 



SCOPE OF activities: The marine laboratory engages 

 in research on oceanography, plankton, benthos, ich- 

 thyology and faunistics of the Black Sea. The fresh- 

 water laboratory engages in research on the biology of 

 lakes and rivers, and pisciculture. Instruction at both 

 laboratories. 



outdoor ponds and tanks in Plovdiv, small aquarium 

 tanks; identified reference collections of Polychaeta, 

 Malacostraca, Mollusca, Pisces, phyto- and zooplank- 

 ton ; machine and wood shop; small boats and out- 

 board motors; one 22 m LOA power vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Courses in hydrology, 

 hydrobiology and ichthyology given for university 

 students. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-three scientific workers; 39 

 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Algae: Enteromorpha intestinalis, Cystoseira barhata 



Turbellaria: Leptoplaua tremellarts 



Polychaeta: Nereis succinea 



Mollusca: Cardium ediile, Alytiliis galoprofiiiciulis 



Crustacea : Leander squilla. Caret mis inaeiias 



Pisces: Gobiidae, Plenronectes sp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Hydrobiology and faunistics of the Black Sea (A. 



Valkanov 

 Ichthyology of the Black Sea (S. Stojanov) 

 Hydrochemistry of the Black Sea (A. Rojdestvensky) 

 Pisciculture (N. Georgiev) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Trudove na Inslilul po ribarstvo 

 (regularly published journal). 



Laboratories for Which No Detailed In- 

 jorDiatioti W'^as Available: 



Bulgarische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Zoo- 

 logisches Institut mit Museum, Boulev. Ruski 1, Sofia, 

 Bulgariya. Professor Dr. G. Paspalev. The laboratory 

 for studying aquatic fauna was still in the process of 

 organization by the Institute at the time of preparation 

 of the Directory. 



INSTITUT PO RIBARSTVO, MARINE LABORATORY, VARNA 



BURMA 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Black Sea; sea- 

 shore lakes, inland lakes, rivers and ponds; sandy and 

 silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine con- 

 ditions, brackish, shallow bays, eutrophic and oligo- 

 trophic lakes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for two 

 visitors in Varna; no lees charged; living quarters 

 available nearby. 



MAJOR RESI'ARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library; running sea and fresh-water, large 



Laboratories About Which No Detailed 

 Injormatiofi Was Available: 



While there were no hydrobiological stations in Burma 

 at the time of preparation of the Directory, a small sec- 

 tion on oceanography was planned by the Union of 

 Burma Applied Research Institute. Further information 

 about this section may be had by writing to Dr. F. Ba 

 Hli, Director-General of the Research Institute, Kanbe, 

 Rangoon, Myanma (Burma). 



