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CENTRE D'OCFANOl.RAl'llIE ET DES PECHES. CONGO 



living space for 3 visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; research and identified reference col- 

 lections of benthonic, pelagic and bathypelagic fishes 

 and Crustacea, Cephalopoda, Mollusca, zoo- and 

 phytoplankton; machine and wood shop, electrical 

 shop; 25 m LOA vessel, Omhango. 

 SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level; 2 tech- 

 nicians assigned to ship. 

 important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Pisces: Sardinella eba, S. aiirita 

 Many kinds of marine invertebrates. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Biomass study (0- 1,000m) of tropical waters between 



L 5° N to L 12° S (M. Blache) 

 Systematics of fishes, Crustacea, and Cephalopoda 



(M. Rossignol and M. Repelin) 

 Biology and ecology of tuna {Neothunnus albacora), 



Sardinella eba and S. aurita (M. Rossignol and M. 



Repelin) 

 Fisheries survey (M. Rossignol and M. Repelin) 

 Seasonal movements of water masses in the Gulf of 



Guinea (G. R. Berrit) 



COSTA RICA 



Comision Interamer'icana del Atun Tropical 



INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION, 

 COSTA RICA BRANCH 



POSTAL ADDRi ,ss: Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 



No detailed description of this branch was available, but 



see La Jolla California, USA headquarters, page 209. 



CUBA 



Centro de Investlgaciones Pesqiteras 



FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER 



POSTAL address: Playa Habana, Bauta, Habana (Ha- 

 vana), Cuba. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Rene J. Buesa Mas, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Departamento de Pesca del Insti- 

 tute Nacional de Reforma Agrarian (Fisheries Depart- 

 ment of the National Institute of Agrarian Reform) . 



YEAR founded: 1952. 



SCOPE of activities: Restricted research on general 

 marine biology, oceanography, and statistics as applied 

 to the development and conservation of fisheries and 

 other marine resources; fisheries biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: 



and Gulf of Mexico; rocky and 

 estuarine conditions, coral reefs. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SQENTISTS: 



tors; living quarters available nearby. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds, small aquar- 

 ium tanks; research and identified collections of local 

 fauna and plankton; shop facilities of government 

 available; small boats and outboard motors; motor 

 vessels, 64 ft and 35 ft LOA also 50 ft, 60 ft and 92 ft. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Ten at professional level ; 5 technicians. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Crustacea: Pannlirns giittatus, P. argiis; Peiiaeus 

 duoarum, P. hrasiliensis, P. aztecus, Trachipenaeus 

 constrictus, Pertclemenes sp. 

 Pisces: Xipbias glad ins. Ltilianus sp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Shrimp (Lidia Pas Martinez) 

 Lobster (Rene J. Buesa Mas) 



Straits of Florida 

 gravelly shores, 



Space for 12 visi- 



CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES PESQUERAS, HAHANA 



