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EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. R. E. Drinnan, In Charge. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1929. 



SCOPE OF activities: Research on oyster culture. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Malpeque Bay, 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence; estuarine conditions. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 1-2 

 visitors; living quarters can be obtained nearby, but 

 with difficulty. 



major resi:arch facilities: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks ; small 

 boats and outboard motors; one 30 ft LOA power 

 vessel. 



size of staff: One at professional level; 2 technicians. 



Biological Station, St. John's, Netvjoundland 



postal address: Water Street East, St. John's, New- 

 foundland, Canada. 



executive officer: Dr. Wilfred Templeman, Direc- 

 tor. 



year founded: 1931. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on practical 

 and economic problems connected with marine and 

 fresh-water fisheries and the flora and fauna of New- 

 foundland. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Atlantic Ocean; 

 rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, rivers 

 and streams. 



provisions for visiting scientists: No space avail- 

 able for visitors except for short visits and occasional 

 trips on the large research vessel; no fees charged. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: Small library; identified 

 reference collection of decapod Crustacea ; small boats 

 and outboard motors; otter-trawlers of 170 ft, 80 ft, 

 and 60 ft LOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eleven at professional level; 36 tech- 

 nicians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Marine fishes and invertebrates of the area. 



BIOLOGICAL ST.\TION, ST. JOHN'S 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Groundfish biology and distribution (Wilfred Temple- 

 man) 



Redfish: general biology (E. J. Sandeman) 



Redfish: food and feeding (E. L S. Rees) 



Haddock: age, growth, mortality (V. M. Hodder) 



Cod: age, growth, mortality (Labrador area) (A.W. 

 May) 



Cod: age, growth, mortality (Newfoundland, in- 

 shore) (A. M. Fleming) 



American plaice: age, growth, mortality, maturity, 

 fecundity, feeding, migration (T. K. Pitt) 



Pacific salmon: transplant to Newfoundland (A. A. 

 Blair) 



Atlantic salmon: basic capacity of a river to produce 

 salmon (A. R. Murray) 



Plankton ; species of Newfoundland and Labrador 

 area (H. J. Squires) 



Squid: distribution (H. T. Squires) 



Biological Station, Nanainio, British Columbia 



POSTAL address: p. O. Drawer 100, Nanaimo, British 

 Columbia, Canada. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. A. W. H. Needier, Director. 



year founded: 1908. 



SCOPE of ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on general 

 fisheries biology and oceanography relating to the 

 development, conservation and management of com- 

 mercial stocks of fish, invertebrates and marine 

 mammals on Canada's Pacific Coast. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Strait of 



Georgia, northeastern Pacific Ocean; rocky and 

 gravelly shores, eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, rivers 

 and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3-6 

 visitors ; living quarters nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 library; running sea and fresh-water, small aquarium 

 tanks; machine and wood shop, electrical and elec- 

 tronic shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors; power vessels 177 ft, 78 ft, 

 54 ft, and 30 ft LOA; extensive development for 

 model studies. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fifty-five at professional level; 60 tech- 

 nicians, 65 others and 65 seasonals. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: Abundance of marine and fresh-water 

 forms found in the waters of this area. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Oceanography (J. P. Tully) 

 Studies of salmon in the ocean (F. Neave) 

 Studies of salmon parasites to distinguish stocks (L. 



Margolis) 



