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library; running sea and fresh-water; research and 

 identified reference collections of Pisces and Echino- 

 dermata; small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Zoology and plani<ton. 



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



IMPORTANT SPECinS AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Protochordata: Styehi plicata. BdLiiioglossus niisaki- 



ensis 

 Echinodermata: Echiiwiiieira iihilhaei. Heliocuiarii 



crijssispiiia. Mespilia globulus. Diadema setosi/ni 

 MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: 



Classification of fishes (Toshiji Kamohara) 

 Embryology of Crustacea (Tsukoshi Yatsuzuka) 



MliAKI hlNKAI J1KK1NJ.HC) 



Kokuritsn Shinjii Kenkynsho 



NATIONAL PHARL RESEARCH LABORATORY 



POSTAL address: Kashikojima, Ago, Mie-ken, Nippon 



(Japan). 

 LOCATION: NearToba. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. Katsuo Takayama, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY OR AGENCIES: Department of 



Agriculture and Forestry, Fishery Agency. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1955. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on pearls 

 and the pearl oyster fishery. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Ise Bay (brack- 

 ish, shallow bay). 



provisions FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eight at professional level; 5 techni- 

 cians. 



important SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Lamellibranchia: PiinUuLi D/arleiisii 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: B/illetiii (if I he Ndtioiidl Pedrl 

 Resedrch Ldhordtory (regularly published journal in 

 Japanese with English summary) 



KOKURITSU SHINJU KENKVUSHO 



Kyoto Dcti^akti, Nogak/thn Siusatigakka 

 Misiikj R'mkai jikkensbo 



KYOTO UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES 

 AND MISAKI MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headcjudrters: Nagahama, Maizuru, Nippon (Japan) . 



Mdr'nie Stdlioii: Misaki Marine Biological Institute, 



Tannawa, Misaki, Sennangun, Osaka Prefecture. 



LOCATION: Headquarters near Kyoto on Bay of Mai- 

 zuru. Misaki Institute on the shore of the Inland Sea 

 of Seto. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Professor Kiyomatsu Matsubara, 

 Director. 



YEAR FOUNDiD: Department in 19-17; Institute in 

 1958. 



scope: of ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on marine 

 biology, chemistry and microbiology of food products, 

 fisheries technology; graduate and undergraduate 

 instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Japan Sea and 

 Inland Sea of Seto; rocky and gravelly shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None at the 

 Department; arrangements may be made for some 

 space at the Institute. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; ex.ensive research collections 

 of fishes, algae, Cyanophyta, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta 

 and Chlorophyta; extensive identified reference col- 

 lections of fishes of Japan and the South China Sea, 

 of algae and flora from Japan, U.S.A., Europe, and 

 Puerto Rico; one 10 m LOA power vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General zoology, plankton, 

 ichthyology, ecology, physiology, science of fishing, 

 algae and fish culture. 



size of staff: Four at professional level. 



