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Estuarine Research Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Perumanoor, Ernakulam-5, Kerala 

 State, India. 



LOCATION: Near Cochin. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Sri. P. Unnikrishnan Nair, Es- 

 tuarine Research Officer and Controlling Officer. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1955. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on the devel- 

 opment of the esiuarine fisheries of Kerala. 



season OF OPERATION: Ail year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Vembanadu 

 Lake; estuarine conditions and brackish, shallow bays. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds; research and identified reference collec- 

 tions of marine and fresh-water fish fauna; small boats 

 and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 1 technician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Diatoms: Cosc'modisciis, Chaetoceros 

 Zoopilankton : Noctiliica 

 Crustacea : Nanplius 



Pisces: Genes fHameiitosus, Tent his Java, Mugil 

 kalaarti, M. iroscheli, yVf. cephulns, Chanos chanos 



Mysore State Fishery Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



HeMlcj/iditers: Fisheries Department, Malleswaram, 



Bangalore-3, South India. 

 Field laboratories: 



1 . Markonahalli 



2. Marjkandeya 



3. Krishna Raja Sagar 



4. Hesserghatta 



5. Shantisagar 



6. Neerasagar 



7. Tungabhadra 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. V. V. Kalyani, Director of 

 Fisheries. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1945 and 1959. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on fisheries 

 biology (growth rates, foods and feeding habits, re- 

 production and artificially induced breeding). 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Eutrophic and 



oligotrophic lakes, rivers, and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 8 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Cyprinus carpio, Catla catla, Labeo rohita, 

 L. fimbriatus, L. calbasu, L. nukta, Cirrhina mrigala, 

 Barbus carnaticus, B. lor, B. dubius, Thynnichthys 



MYSORE ST.-\TE GOVERNMENT FISHERY STATION 



sandkhol, Ptintius kolas. Ophicephali/s strialns, 

 Tilcipia fiiossambica, Etroplus suratensis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Breeding and culture of the carp, Cyprii//ts carpio, in 



the Mysore State (V. Kalyani) 

 Acclimitization and induced breeding of the Gangetic 



carps, Catla catla, Labeo rohita, and Cirrhina mrigala 



in the Mysore State (V. Kalyani) 

 Fish production in sewage-fed water (V. Kalyani) 

 Culture of Tilapia niossanihica in coastal areas (V. 



Kalyani) 



Taraporevala Aqiiaritim and Marine Biologi- 

 cal Research Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Netaji Subhash Road,, Bombay 2, 

 India. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. C. V. Kulkarni, Director of 

 Fisheries. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Department of Fisheries, 

 Maharashtra State. 



year founded: 1951. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on marine 

 and fresh-water biology with special reference to 

 fisheries. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Arabian Sea; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 estuarine conditions and eutrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 vis- 

 itors; no fees charged; living quarters not available 

 nearby. 



major RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks; research collections of Hydro- 

 medusae, Chae'ognatha, Copepoda, fish and decapod 

 larvae; identified reference collections of Brachyura, 



