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and chaeto^n.iths ; machine and wood shop; 33 m 

 LOA vessel, D. S. Shiiiip/i-Mani. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Phytoplankton and zoo- 

 plankton. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level. 



important speciks available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Chaetognatha: Sagitta bedoti. S. e/ijla/a 

 Crustacea: dilant/s belgolandiciis, Alecy/iocem claiisi, 

 Euchaetit iihtriihi 



MAJOR CURRENT HVDROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJ- 

 ECTS AND SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: 



Studies on diatoms (Post vacant) 



Studies on zooplankton (Kenzo Fumhashi) 



IMPORTANT SPECIliS AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Mixed samples of many kinds of zoo- and phyto- 

 plankton. 



MAJOR CURRENT BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC RE- 

 SEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: 



Vertical distribution of phytoplankton in the north- 

 western Pacific Ocean, the Okhotsk Sea and the 

 Sea of Japan (Mamoru Owada) 

 Annual change of the phytoplankton in the Tsugaru- 

 Straits since 1950 (Hisanori Kon) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Mdiiiie Meteorological Report 

 of the Hakodate Alar/i/e Olnervatory (regularly pub- 

 lished journal) 



Hiikoditte Ktiiyo Kishodai 



HAKODATE MARINE OBSERVATORY 



POSTAL address: 181, Akagawa-dori, Kameda-cho 



Kameda-gun, Hokkaido, Nippon (Japan). 

 location: Near Hakodate City. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Zenichi Yasui, Director. 



year FOUNDED: 1942. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on physical. 

 chemical and biological oceanography, meteorology 

 and weather forecasting. 



season OF OPERATION: February-March, May-Sep- 

 tember and November. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Tsugaru Straits, 

 Sea of Japan, North Pacific Ocean, Okhotsk Sea. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; research 

 collection ot phytoplankton; small machine and wood 

 shop and electrical and electronic shop ; one 30 m 

 LOA power vessel. 



SIZE OF staff: Five at professional level including 3 

 oceanographers ; 18 technicians including 7 in ocean- 

 ography. 



HAKODATE KAIYO KISHODAI 



Nagasaki Kaiyo Kishodai 



NAGASAKI MARINI-: OBSERVATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Minamiyamate-machi "S, Nagasaki, 



Nipp>on (Japan) . 

 EXECUTIVE officer: K. Yamada, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 19-4 7. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on marine 

 and maritime meteorological observations, including 

 general oceanography and plankton studies. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Amakusa and 

 East China Seas. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 library; machine and wood shop, electrical and elec- 

 tronic shop; one 37. 5 m LOA vessel, Chofii Maru. 



SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level; 39 techni- 

 cians. 



public:ations issued: Ka/sho to Ki-\ho (Oceanography 

 and Meteorology) (regularly published journal) 



Kochi Daigaku, Usa Rinka'i j'/kkensho 



KOCHI UNIVHRSITV, USA MARINE BIOLOGICAL STA- 

 TION 



postal address: Inoshiri, Lisa, Tosa-ski, Kochi Pre- 

 fecture, Nippon (Japan). 



executive officer: Professor Toshiji Jamohara, Di- 

 rector of Station, Faculty of Literature and Science, 

 Kochi University, Kochi City, Japan. 



-1 EAR FOUNDED: 1953. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology; instruction. 

 season OF OPERATION: All year. 

 physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean, 



Tosa Bay; brackish, shallow bays. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space for 2 visitors; no fees charged for research 



space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



