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bays in the vicinity of Vancouver Harbor and Strait 

 of Georgia. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 5-6 vis- 

 itors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, small aquarium tanks, large ex- 

 perimental tank, wooden holding tanks ; research and 

 identified reference collections of local flora and fauna 

 available at the University; machine and wood shop; 

 one 10 ft LOA boat with outboard motor and one 

 30 ft LOA power vessel with live well available. 

 SIZE OF staff: Two at professional level ; 3 technicians. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Coelenterata: Leioplih/s sp., Aielr/diiiDi sp. 

 Annelida: EiidistyUa i\mcouveri 

 MoUusca: Octopus dpoUyon 

 Echinodermata: Pisaster ochraceus 

 Crustacea: Cancer magisler 



Pisces: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha. O. kisntcb. Sdlmo 

 gdirJiieri Plalichlhys stellatus 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Studies on glycolytic enzymes in fish tissues (R. A. 



MacLeod) 

 Odor perception in Pacific salmon (D. Idler and R. 



A. MacLeod) 

 Growth and behavior of the Medaka fish (John 



Magnuson) 

 Osmoregulation in flatfishes (C. P. Hickman, Jr.) 

 Bioassay experiments with young salmon (Kenneth 

 Jackson) 



Other Laboratories About Which No De- 

 tails Were Available: 



Alberta Department of Lands and Mines, Fish 

 and Game Branch, Edi>iotitou, Alberta. Cdiiada. 

 Sz/pi'iT/sor: Mr. M. J. Paetz. 



Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Diirtnionth, 

 Nova Sc(jliti, Ciiihidd 

 Director: Dr. William N. English. 



Dalhonsie University Institute of Oceanog- 

 raphy, Halifax. Nova Scotia, Canada. 

 Director: Professor F. Ronald Hayes. 



CEYLON 



Ceylon Department of Fisheries, Fisheries Re- 

 search Station 



postal address: P. O. Box 531, Galle Face, Colombo 

 3, Ceylon. 



FISHERIES RESEARCH STATION, CEYLON 



EXECUTIVE officer: Mr. D. T. E. A. de Fonseca, Di- 

 rector of Fisheries. 



sponsoring agency: Ceylon Ministry of Industries 

 and Fisheries. 



YEAR founded: 1946. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on the bi- 

 ology and technology of Ceylon's fisheries. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment acxessible: Indian Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, estuarine conditions, brackish, 

 shallow bays, coral reefs, eutrophic and oiigotrophic 

 lakes, rivers and streams. 



provisions for visiting scientists: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; small research collection of Ceylon 

 fish fauna ; identified reference collection of fresh- 

 water fauna and some marine fauna; machine and 

 wood shop; small boats and outboard motors; one 

 40 ft LOA vessel in part-time use. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Nine at professional level; 6 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Chemistry of fisheries products (C. E. St. C. 



Gunasekera) 

 Mackerel and tuna fisheries (T. P. Goonewardene) 

 Spiny lobster, prawn and crab fisheries; biology, be- 

 havior, physiology and gear technology (G. H. P. de 



Bruin) 

 Limnology and fresh-water fishery biology (A. S. 



Mendis) 

 Demersal fisheries and pearl oyster fishery (S. 



Sivalingam) 

 Oceanography, planktology and algology (M. 



Durairatnam) 

 Beach seine fishery and bait fishes (P. Canagaratnam) 

 Inshore hydrology and planktology (zooplankton) 



(N. Mahadeva) 

 Bacteriology of fish (N. N. de Silva) 



