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Chinese Society of Oceanography and Limnol- 

 ogy, Head Office, Tsing Tao. 



Chinese Society of Surveying and Cartography, 



Peking 



Shantung University, Marine Biological Labor- 

 atory, Shantung. 



COLOMBIA 



Asociacion Nacional de Piscicultura y Pesca 

 Bogota 



BOGOTA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FISH-CULTURE 

 AND FISHERIES 



POSTAL address: Apartado aereo No. 10329 (Apar- 



tado Nacional 4443), Bogota, Colombia. 

 EXECUTIVE officer; Sr. Alfonso Archila A., Presi- 



dente. Arenida Jimenes No. 4-49 Of. 706/8, Bogota, 



Colombia. 

 sponsoring agenci': Privately sponsored by sport 



fishermen. 



YEAR FOUNDED: I940. 



SCOPE OF activities: Sport fishery research, particu- 

 larly on trout and alevin production in lakes and 

 rivers. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Rivers and 

 streams of Colombia. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Aluminum boats with 

 outboard motors. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: P'lspesca (magazine) 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Institut pour la Recherche Sci- 

 entifique en Afrique Centrale (Institute for Scientific 

 Research in Central Africa). 



YEAR founded: 1949- 



SCOPE of ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 limnology, plankton, ichthyology, and ecology of fish 

 migration. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lake Tangan- 

 yika (oligotrophic lake) and the Ruzizi River. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 4 visitors; fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks ; research collection of cichlid fishes 

 and fresh-water jelly fish; machine and wood shop, 

 skilled workman available, but not on premises; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF staff: Three at professional level; 1 tech- 

 nician. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Proloplen/s .lethiopiais (Dipnoi), ALilap- 

 terurus electr'icus (Siluridae), and many other 

 species of fish and pelecypods. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Taxonomy of African fishes (H. Ma^thes) 

 Plankton of great African lakes (D. Kiss) 

 Humus fauna (N. Leleup) 

 Littoral fauna of Tanganyika (G. Marlier) 

 Taxonomy of aquatic insects (G. Marlier) 

 Ecology of fish migration (M. Magis) 

 Chemistry of humic waters (J. Dubois) 

 Hydrology of lakes (J. Dubois) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Fo//rf ScieiHificd Africae Cenlralis 

 (regularly published journal) 



CONGO 



Former Belgium and French Territories 



Institut pour la Recherches Scientifiqiie en 

 Afrique Centrale, Centre de Recherche de 

 Tanganyika 



THE TANGANYIKA RESEARCH CENTER OF THE 

 INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN CEN- 

 TRAL AFRICA 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: 1, rue Defacqz, Bruxelles, Belgique 



(Brussels, Belgium). 

 Ldboralory: P.O. Box 69, Uvira, Republic of the 

 Congo. 

 location: Near Bukavu. 



EXECUTIVE officer: G. Marlier, Chief de Centre, 

 Uvira. 



Centre d'Oceanographie et des Peches 



OCEANOGRAPHIC AND FISHERIES CENTER 



POSTAL ADDRESS: B.P. 1086, Pointe-Noire, Congo. 



location: Near Brazzaville. 



EXECUTIVE officer: G. R. Berrit, Chef de Centre. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Office de la Recherche Scien- 

 tifique et Technique Outre Mer (O.R.S.T.O.M.), 

 (Office of Overseas Scientific Research and Tech- 

 nology), 20 rue Monsieur, Paris VII'", France. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology and ecology, systematics of marine 

 organisms, and marine hydrology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: AH year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Tropical eastern 

 Atlantic Ocean (from South of Angola to Nigeria) 

 L 5° N to 12° S; sandy beaches, and brackish, 

 shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



