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Quebec Departement des Pecheries, Station de 

 Biologie Marine 



QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, MARINE BIO- 

 LOGICAL STATION 



POSTAL address: 



Headquarters: Grande-Riviere, Gaspe, Quebec, 



Canada. 

 Branch hiboralor'ies : 



1. Laboratoire de Biologie Marine. 



2. La Tabatiere Station de Peche Experimentale. 

 (Descriptions follow.) 



EXECUTIVE officer: Alexandre Marcotte, Directeur. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1929. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted basic research on 

 general marine biology with particular emphasis on 

 management of commercial fisheries; graduate and 

 undergraduate instruction for teachers. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Baie des 



Chaleurs, Gulf of St. Lawrence; open ocean, sandy 

 and silty beaches, rocky shores, estuarine conditions, 

 brackish shallow bays and salmon streams. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 4 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search Space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, large indoor 

 tanks, small aquarium tanks; machine and wood shop, 

 electrical and electronic shop; power vessels, 25 ft 

 LOA and 60 ft LOA. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General physiology of ma- 

 rine invertebrates ( for biology students) ; marine biol- 

 ogy (for teachers). 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Plankton studies (Guy Lacroix) 



Benthonic fauna survey and ecology (Pierre Brunei) 

 Salmon (Atlantic) and pelagic fishes (Julien Ber- 

 geron ) 

 Groundfish (codfish, plaice, etc.) (A. Marcotte) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 FISHERIES: 



Actiialites Marines (regularly published journal). 

 Contributions du Department des Pecheries, Quebec 

 (occasionally published). 



Laboratoire De Biologie Marine 



LABORATORY OF MARINE BIOLOGY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Cap-aux-Meules, Iles-de-la-Made- 

 leine, Quebec, Canada. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



QUEBEC DEPARTMENT DES PECHERIES, STATION 

 DE BIOLOGIE MARINE 



SCOPE OF activities: Management of lobster fishery, 



herring and mackerel. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: April to November. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of St. 



Lawrence; open ocean, sandy and silty beaches. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 vis- 

 itors; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, small aquarium tanks; skilled 

 shop workman available; small boats and outboard 

 motors; one 25 ft LOA vessel. 



La Tabatiere Station De Peche Experimentale 



LA TABATIERE EXPERIMENTAL FISHING STATION 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: 



December to June: Department of Fisheries, Parlia- 

 ment Buildings, Quebec, Canada. 

 June to December: Duplessis Co., Province de 

 Quebec, Canada. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Director of Marine Biological Sta- 

 tion of Grande Riviere, Gaspe Sud, Quebec. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF activities: Intermittent and restricted re- 

 search on exploratory and experimental fishing gear 

 and some work in biometrics, bottom ecology and 

 oceanography. 



SEASON OF operation: June to December. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of Saint 

 Lawrence, North Shore, Strait of Belle Isle to Anti- 

 costi, Newfoundland to Quebec; sandy and silty 

 beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, brackish, shallow 

 bays, very numerous lakes of undetermined types, 

 rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 1-2 visitors. 



