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SEIKAIKU SUISAN KENKYUSHO 



MAJOR RHSEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level; 19 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Siinliiiia iiieldiioilnta, Elrtniwiis luicrops, 

 Eiigraulis japonicus, Scomber japon'icus, S. tdpehio- 

 cephaliis, Trachiirus japonicus, Tains tumifrons, 

 Aiuraenesox cinereus, Trichitirus haiimela, Pseudo- 

 sciaena mancbnrica, Kibea iiibe, N. mitsukrii, 

 Lepidotrigla tiiicroplera, Saurida undosquamis 



Pelecypoda: Paphia philippinarum, Ostrea laperousei 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Investigations on the bottom fish resources in the 



China Sea (Shiro Murakami) 

 Investigation on the pelagic fish resources (Tokimi 



Tsujita) 

 Studies on the utilization of the fishes (Kisaku 



Yamada) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin of the Seikai Regional 

 Fisheries Research Laboratory (occasionally published 

 journal) 



visitors; no fees charged; living cjuarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds, small aquarium tanks; small boats and 

 outboard motors at the Lake Sagami Branch Station. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Eight at professional level; 20 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Cyprinus carpio, Carassinus carassius, Sal/no 

 gairJnerii. Plecoglossus altivelis, Tilapia mossam- 

 bica, Triholodon hakonensis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Studies on fish-production in rivers and streams (K. 



Onodera) 

 Studies on fish-production in lakes and reservoirs (Y. 



Shiraishi) 

 Studies on water pollution (Y. Matida) 

 Studies on fish-production in farm ponds (K. 



Nakamura) 

 Studies on pond-fish culture (T. Shimazu) 

 Biology of q'prinid fishes with reference to their 



fisheries (T. Kafuku) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin of the Fresh-water 

 Fisheries Research Laboratory (regularly published 

 journal) 



Tohoku kai-Ku Stiisan Kenkyusho 



TOHOKU REGIONAL FISHERIES RESEARCH LABORA- 

 TORY 



POSTAL address: 



Headquarters: Suginoiriomote, Shiogama-shi, Miyagi 

 Prefecture, Nippon (Japan). 



One branch. 

 LOCATION: Near Sendai. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. Kinosuke Kimura, Chief 



Oflicer. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949. 



Tansui-Ku Su'tsan Kenkyusho 



FRESH-WATER FISHERIES RESEARCH LABORATORY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 399, Miya, Hino Machi, Minamitama- 



gun, Tokyo, Nippon (Japan) . 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: N. Nakamura, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on the im- 

 provement and development of fish production in 

 natural bodies of fresh-water and in ponds. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Tama-gawa 

 River; eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, fish ponds and 

 reservoirs. 



provisions for VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 



TANSUI-KU SUISAN KENKYUSHO 



