Gernhin Deinricrcitic RepiihUc 



81 



SEASON OF OPERATION; All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Baltic Sea; 



brackish, shallow bays. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VLSiTiNc. SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space for 5-6 visitors; no fees charged for 



research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 

 library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 skins and palacontologic materials from Hiddensee 

 area; small boats and outboard motors; one 10 m 

 LOA vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM : Plant ecology, biology of 

 brackish water, and ornithology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eight at professional level; 8 techni- 

 cians. 



Deutsche Akiulemie der LiDidw'trtschitjtsti'is- 

 senschajteri (DAL) zu Berlin, hntitiit jner 

 Fischerei 



GERMAN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE 

 OF BERLIN. FISHERIES INSTITUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headtjiicirters: Mueggelseedamm 310, Berlin-Fried- 

 richshagen, Deutsche Demokratische Republik 

 (East Germany). 



Branch labom/or/es: 



1. Zweigstelle fuer Ostseefischerei 



2. Zweigstelle fuer Karpfenteichwirtschaft 



3. Zweigstelle fuer Fangtechnik und Mechanisie- 

 rueng (Not described in the Direclnr)) 



(Descriptions follow.) 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER : Professor Dr. Wilhelm Schaeper- 

 claus, Direktor. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1893. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on fishery 

 biology, fish pathology, and sewage chemistry. 



SEASON OF OPERATION; All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Ponds, reser- 

 voirs, open ocean, estuarine conditions, brackish, shal- 

 low bays, eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, rivers and 

 streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS; None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, fish hatcher)' ; 

 identified reference collections of bottom fauna and 

 fish; machine and wood shop; vessels, 18 m and 8 m 

 LOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF; Twenty-three at professional level; 67 

 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Pond management, fish breeding and fish pathology 



(W. Schaeperclaus) 

 Fishery biology, sea and fresh-water fishing (H. 



Mueller) 

 Fish chemistry (D. Nehring) 



INSTITUr FUER ilSCHEKEl, BERLIN 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Zeitichrijt fur Fischerei und 

 deren Hilfswineiischdjten, Deutsche Fiscberei-Zeitung, 

 Zweijahresbericht der DAL (regularly published 

 journal) 



Zweigstelle fuer Ostseefischerei 



BALTIC FISHERIES BRANCH 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Hafenstrassc 17, Sassnitz/Ruegen, 

 Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. H. Roy, Leiter. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1930. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on the biol- 

 ogy and hydrography of the middle Baltic and shallow 

 inlets; unrestricted research on fishery biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE; Baltic Sea; 

 brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; identified 

 reference collections of sea and brackish water fauna ; 

 24 m LOA cutter, Gadus. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Salmon; echosounding (H. Roy) 



Fish of the Baltic Sea (Dr. M. Berner) 



Productivity of the Baltic; plankton (Dr. Waldmann) 



Productivity of the coastal waters ; benthos ( Dr. 



Loewe) 

 Clupeids (Dipl. Fw. Anwand) 

 Hydrography and sewage chemistry (Dipl. Chem. 



Bauer) 



Zweigstelle fuer Kur pfenteichwirt scbaft 



BRANCH FOR CARP POND MANAGEMENT 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Koenigswartha/Kreis Bautzen, Deut- 

 sche Demokratische Republik (East Germany). 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. W. Mueller, Leiter. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



