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SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on physical 

 and chemical oceanography, marine meteorology and 

 general marine biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Baltic and North 

 Seas ; sandy and silty beach, brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 1 visitor; no fees charged ; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library; small aquarium tanks; machine and 

 wood shop, electrical and electronic shop; 24.5 m 

 LOA vessel, R. V. Hermann Wallenberg. New 

 oceanographic ship under construction. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General oceanography, 

 general marine biology, fisheries biology, planktology, 

 meteorology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level; 9 techni- 

 cians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Phaeophycea: Laminaria sp., Fuchs vesiciilosiis 

 Rhodophycea : Delesseria san guinea 

 Lamellibranchiata: Mytiliis ediilis 

 Crustacea: Carciiuis niaenas 



Copepoda: Pseudocalaniis ininiitiii, Acartia hifdosa 

 Echinodermata: Aslerias ritbens 

 Pisces : Pleuronectes p/atessa. Gad us callarias, Zoarces 



vii'ipan/s 

 Polychaeta: Polydora ciliata 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Polarfront program IGY 1958 (G. Dietrich) 



Internal waves (W. Krawfs) 



Osmotic behavior of marine invertebrates (C. 



Schlieper) 

 Biology of fishes in the Baltic (R. Kaendler) 

 Fluctuations in the stock of fishes (R. Kaendler) 

 Osmotic and temperature resistance of algae (H. 



Schwenke) 

 Marine productivity (J. Krey) 

 Marine botany (F. Gessner) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Kieler Meeresforsh/ingen (reg- 

 ularly published journal) 



Laboratories for Which No Details Were 

 Available: 



Bodensee-Laboratorium, Suessemnuhle bei Ueber- 

 lingen. Biiudesrepiihlik Deutschland (West 

 Germany). 

 Leiter: Dr. J. Grim. 



Landesanstalt jtier F'tscherei Nordrhein-W est- 

 jalen, Albaiini/Sanerhwd, Buiidesrepiiblik 

 Deutschland. 

 Direktor: Dr. W. Denzer. 



Staatliche Lehr-iind Versitchsanstalt fuer Fis- 

 cherei, Starnberg/See (Oberbayern), Bundes- 

 republik Deutschland. 

 Leiter: Dr. E. Rehbronn. 



FEDERATION OF 



MALAYA 

 AND SINGAPORE 



Fisheries Research Laboratories, Malaya 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Calthrop Road, Pcnang. Federation 



of Malaya. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. Soong Min Kong, Director 



of Fisheries, Headquarters, Fisheries Department, 



Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya and Singapore. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Government of Federation of 



Malaya and Singapore. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1956. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on general 

 oceanography, marine and fresh-water fisheries biol- 

 ogy, general marine biology and plankton; under- 

 graduate instruction occasionally. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Indian Ocean, 

 Straits of Malacca, South China Sea; sandy and silty 

 beaches, estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, 

 eutrophic lake, rivers and streams, mining pools and 

 fish ponds. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 vis- 

 itors; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



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