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CAMBODIA 



Directiou Nationale Des Peches 



NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF FISHERIES 

 Institiit National Des Recherches Pisc'tocoles 



NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PISCICULTURAL RESEARCH 



POSTAL address: B. p. 243, Coulevard Norodom, 



Phnom-Penh, Cambodge (Cambodia). 

 EXECUTIVE officer: You Kim Chhon, Officier en 



charge. 

 SPONSORING agency: Direction Nationale des Peches. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF activities: Officially restricted program of 

 research and technology on fresh-water fisheries and 

 plankton. 



season OF operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Rivers and 

 streams. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Research space 

 for 3 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters nearby 

 and at the Institute. 



major research facilities: Research collections of 

 fresh-water fish, but no named reference collections 

 accessible; some workshop facilities and about 10 

 skilled workmen available; a small outboard motor- 

 boat; vessel, one 15 m LOA M/V. 



size of staff: No permanent staff; technicians come 

 from the Ecole d'Agriculture, d'Elevage et de Sylvi- 

 culture, Phnom-Penh. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Pangasidae, Cyprinidae, Bagridae, Ophioce- 

 phalidae. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Studies on the reproduction and migration of panga- 

 sids and the cyprinid, Cyprinus atiratus (You Kim 

 Chhon) 



CANADA 



Bellairs Research Institute, McGill University 



POSTAL address: 



McGill University: Montreal, Canada. 

 Bellairs Research Institute: St. James, Barbados, 

 British West Indies. See description, page 270. 



Bou'doin Scientific Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Kent Island, Grand Manan, New 

 Brunswick, Canada. 



IIUWUOIN SCIENTIFIC STATION 



location: Near St. John, New Brunswick. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Charles E. Huntington, Direc- 

 tor of Station, Department of Biology, Bowdoin Col- 

 lege, Brunswick, Maine, U. S. A. 



SPONSORING agency: Bowdoin College. 



year FOUNDED: 1935. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on the 



ecology and behavior of sea birds. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: June 5 to September 15. 



Arrangements may be made for work at other times 



of the year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Bay of Fundy; 



open ocean, rocky and gravelly shores. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space for 3 or more visitors ; no fees charged 



for research space. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; one 40 ft 



LOA gasoline-powered fishing boat available for 



charter from caretaker. 

 SIZE OF staff: One at professional level; 1 caretaker- 

 commercial fisherman. 



important species available FOR LABORATfJRY 

 STUDIES: 



Echinoidea: Strongylocenlroltis droehhachiensis 

 Aves: Lams argentatus, Oceanodroma lencorhoa 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Reproductive and mortality rates in Leach's petrel 

 (Charles E. Huntington) 



British Columbia Fish and Game Branch, Re- 

 search Division 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters : British Columbia Fish and Game 

 Branch, Department of Recreation and Conserva- 

 tion, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C, Canada. 



Laboratory : c/o Institute of Fisheries, University of 

 British Columbia, Vancouver 8, British Columbia, 

 Canada. 



