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fauna; small boats and outboard motors, one 36 ft 

 LOA motor vessel. 

 SIZE OF staff: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Quantitative investigation of bottom fauna and rock 

 fauna of the tidal zone (G. Petersen) 



Determination of productivity in the sea by the C-14 

 method (G. Petersen) 



GUATEMALA 



Estacion ISacional de B'tologia y Piscicultura 

 Experimental de Barcena 



NATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 

 CULTURE STATION OF BARCENA 



AND FISH 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Finca "Barcena," Villa Nucva, Gua- 

 temala. 



LOCATION ; Near Guatemala City. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Julio Armando Anleu, Jefe del 

 Departamento de Caza y Pesca, Direccion General 

 Forestal, Zoologico "La Aurora," Guatemala. 



SPONSORING agency: Departamento de Caza y Pesca 

 (Department of Fish and Game). 



year FOUNDED: 1954. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on fish cul- 

 ture and fresh-water biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Rio de "Bar- 

 cena" (Barcena River), Lago de Amatitlan (Amatit- 

 lan Lake) ; 25 artificial ponds with fresh-water supply 

 from nearby stream. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visitors. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; machine and wood shop; small boats 

 and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces (fresh-water) : Cichlasoma metagueiue, C. 

 guttulatum, C. macracanlhum, C. trimaciildt/ini, C. 

 nianagttense, Poecil/s/es pleiirospiliis, Profuiidiilus 

 gudtemalensis, Aslyaiiax jasciatiis, Microplertis 

 sdlmoides, Leponiis nutcrocbiriis, T/lap/a nios- 

 samhica 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Fish culture and fresh-water fisheries (Shu Yen Lin 

 and Harold Loesch) 



HONG KONG 



Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Admmistrative headqimrters: Li Po Chun Chambers, 



11th Floor, Connaught Road C, Hong Kong. 

 Ldhoratory address: The Fish Market, Aberdeen, 

 Hong Kong. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: J. D. Bromhall, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Co-operative Development and 

 Fisheries Department, Government of Hong Kong. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1952. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on demersal 

 and pelagic fisheries of the South China Sea, pond 

 fish culture, edible and pearl oyster culture. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: South China 

 Sea; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions and brackish, shallow 

 bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2-3 

 visitors; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks, opened 

 or closed circuit sea water supply to inside aquaria and 

 outside to 200 ft^ tank; limited research collections of 

 fish and crustaceans; limited identified reference col- 

 lection of marine fishes; shop facilities available 

 through other government departments; small boats 

 and outboard motors; vessels, 117 ft LOA research 

 trawler. Cape St. Mary, and 66 ft LOA research 

 trawler, Alister Hardy. 



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

 cians (including ship's officers). 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Otter trawling survey of continental shelf (J. D. 



Bromhall, P. Scholes and S. Tung) 

 Culture of Chinese carps and grey mullet in brackish 



water ponds (E. Hamblyn) 

 Experimental cultivation of edible and pearl oysters 

 (J. D. Bromhall) 



