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ICELAND 



Atvinmideild Haskolaris-F'tskide'ild 



FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Skulagata 4, Reykjavik, IsLind (Ice- 

 land). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. Jon Jonsson, Sjornar. 



SPONSORINC, agency: The Icelandic Government. 



YEAR founded: 1937. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on marine 

 fisheries and general oceanography (chemical, physi- 

 cal, plankton, bottom ecology, etc.). 



season OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: The Icelandic 

 coastal waters, the Irminger, Iceland and southwestern 

 Norwegian Seas; brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for vis- 

 itors; no fees charged ; living quarters avaihible nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Research collections of 

 plankton, bottom invertebrates and fish frcnii Icelandic 

 waters; vessels, 52 m and 28 m LOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eight at professional level; 12 techni- 

 cians. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Investigations on demersal fishes in Icelandic waters 



( Jon Jonsson ) 

 Environmental studies in connection with the Icelandic 



herring fisheries ( H. Einarsson) 

 Plankton recorder studies in the Irminger Sea (I. 



Hallgrimsson) 

 Redfisii research in near and distant waters (J. 



Magnusson) 

 The International Overflow program, Faroe- Iceland 



Ridge (U. Stefansson) 

 Studies on prawn and lobster in Icelandic waters (A. 

 Sigurdsson ) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Rit FiikideUddr (occasionally 

 published journal) 



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ANDHRA UNIVERSrn, IIIIL) M.MdM I Alii )l;.\ K ili-i 



INDIA 



ATVINNUDEILD HASKOLANS-FISKIDEILD, REYKJAVIK 



Andhra University, Department of Zoology, 

 Field Marine Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Waltair, Andhra Pradesh State, 



India. 

 LOCATION: Near Visakhapatnam. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor P. N. Ganapati, Head 



of the Department of Zoology. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1946. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, hydrography, plankton, bottom fauna, 

 fishes, protozoology and parasitology ; graduate and 

 undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: Ail year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Bay of Bengal; 

 open ocean, sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions and brackish, shallow 

 bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 2 visitors. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water; 

 research and identified reference collections of local 

 fauna and flora available ; machine and wood shop ; 

 small boats and outboard motors; oceanographic vessel 

 planned for the future. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General ecology, embryol- 

 ogy, palaeontology, cytology and genetics, marine 

 ecology, general oceanography, fisheries biology, ani- 

 mal physiology and animal ecology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fourteen at professional level; 1 taxi- 

 dermist. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Diatom: Nitzschia closteriiuii 

 Protozoa: Euplotes spp. 

 Polychaeta : Mercierella eingiiiaticd 



