Italy 



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PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; biological and chemical labora- 

 tories ; running sea water planned, large outdoor 

 ponds, small aquarium tanks. 



instruc:tional program: General course in iish cul- 

 ture to fish farmers (in collaboration with the Fish 

 Breeders Association of Israel). 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 4 techni- 

 cians ; 8 pond laborers. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Combined culture of carp and other species of fish 



(especially TiLipia ciiid Miig'd) in ponds (A. 



Yashouv) 

 Fish pond fertilization ; primary production ( B. 



Hepher) 

 Carp selection and genetics (R. Moav and G. Wohl- 



farth) 

 Lake Tiberias fish populations studies (A. Yashouv) 

 Carp parasite control (especially Lerneae) (A. 



Yashouv ) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bamidgeh (regularly published 

 journal ) 



Hatahatia Leheker Had'iag Hayunii 



SEA FISHHRIHS RESEARCH STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 699, Habankim Street 4, 

 Haifa, Israel. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: O. H. Oren, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Machleket Hadaig Sheleyad 

 Misrad Hachaklaut ( Department of Fisheries, Ministry 

 of Agriculture). 



YEAR founded: 1946. 



SCOPE OF activities: Research on control and manage- 

 ment of fisheries; dispersal of radioactive materials in 

 the sea, pollution and fouling of ships hulls; under- 

 graduate instruction. 



season OF operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Eastern Medi- 

 terranean Sea, Gulf of Elath (Aquaba) on the Red 

 Sea ; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 estuarine conditions, coral reef, and river. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 1 vis- 

 itor; no fees charged. 



major research and teaching facilities: Adequate 

 library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 local marine fishes, Mediterranean benthonic fauna; 

 plankton, fish eggs and plankton larvae; identified 

 reference collections of teleosts, crustaceans, poly- 

 chaetes, mollusks, decapods, echinoderms, tunicates, 

 chaetognaths ; one 21 m LOA power vessel shared 

 with local fishing school. 



instructional PROGRAM: Two week summer course 



which covers hydrography, algology, plankton, ben- 

 thonic fauna and ichthyology. 

 size of staff: Five at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 



major CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Oceanography of the region (O. H. Oren) 

 Primary production of the sea (plankton) (O. H. 



Oren) 

 Pollution, net preservation, and sea corrosion (B. 



Kimor [Komarovsky] ) 

 Taxonomy, ecology and cultures of plankton (B. 



Kimor [Komarovsky]) 

 Ecology of benthonic fauna, dynamics of fish popula- 

 tions (E. Gilat [Gottlieb]) 

 Pelagic fisheries (especially sardines and tuna) (A. 



Ben-Tuvia) 

 Life history studies and ecology of fish (L. Bograd- 



Zisman) 

 Fishing gear and technology (M. Ben-Yami) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries 

 Research Station (regularly published journal) 



ITALY 



Acqiiar'to "Diacinto Cestoni" e Laboratorio di 

 Biolog'ia Marina 



'diacinto cestoni'' aquarium and MARINE 

 BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Piazzale Mascagni I, Livorno, Italia 



(Italy). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professore A. Razzauti, Direttore. 

 SPONSORING agency: Municipality of Livorno. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1937. 



scope of ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology. 

 SHASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



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 PIOLOGIA MARINA, LIVORNO 



