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TOKYO SUISAN DAIGAKU, KOMINATO JIKKFNSHO 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIHS: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology ; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: Ail year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean, 

 Kuroshiwo (Japan Current) ; rocky and gravelly 

 shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 1-2 visitors from October to March; 

 no fees charged for research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; research col- 

 lections of MoIIusca (gastropods and bivalves), 

 Pisces, and algae ; machine and wood shop, electrical 

 and electronic shop, skilled shop workman available; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Fishery biology, ichthyol- 

 ogy, embryology (Pisces and Echinodermata), and 

 algology. 



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



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDII'S: 

 Rhodophyceae: GeliJi/nii .jnuimii, Gloiopeltis sp. 

 Phaeophyceae: Hijikia spp. 

 Echinodermata: Helioc'idaris crassispiiia 

 Mollusca: Polypus vulgaris, Hal/ot/s giganlea, Tnrho 



corniitus, Babylonia japonica 

 Crustacea: Panulirns japoniciis 



Pisces: Paralichthys oliiaceiis, Girella punctata, 

 Scomber japonicus 

 MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



On the dispersion of the stock, and estimating the 

 abundance of the population of the spiny lobster, 

 Panulirns japouiciis (Itsuo Kubo) 



Biological studies on the population of a flatfish, 

 Paralichthys olivacens (Tomokichi Yoshihara) 



Population studies on the Japanese ivory shell. Baby- 

 lonia japonica (T. Yoshihara) 



Taxonomic and ecological study on the young fishes 

 found in Japanese waters (Tatsu Yoshi Masuda) 



Studies on a collection of coastal plankton from Prov. 

 Boshu, Chiba Prefecture (Tatsu Yoshi Masuda) 



Ecological studies of the sea-weed, Hijikia fiisifornie 

 (Sargassaceae) (M. Katada) 



Yokohama Kokur'ttsu Daigaku. Fuzok/i Rika 

 Kyoiktt Manaztnu Jikkensho 



YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MANAZURU 

 MARINE LABORATORY FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Iwa, Manazuru-machi, Kangawa Pre- 

 fecture, Nippon (Japan). 

 LOCATION : Near Yokohama. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. T. Sakai, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1954. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research in marine 

 biology and oceanography for scientists and science 

 teachers; graduate and undergradaute instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Tokyo Bay, 



Pacific Ocean ; rocky and gravelly shores. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: No li- 

 brary; running sea and fresh-water; research and iden- 

 tified reference collections of local flora and fauna in 

 preparation; small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General marine biology. 



SIZE OF staff: One at professional level ; 2 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 

 Echinodermata : Heliocidaris crassispina 

 Crustacea: Panulirtis sp. 

 Mollusca: Turbo, Haliotis, Ommastrephes spp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Decapod crustaceans (T. Sakai) 

 Isopods and amphipods (M. Iwasa) 

 Pisces (S. Abe) 



KENYA 



Kenya Ministry of Forest Development, Game 

 anil Fisheries, Inland Fishery Research Station 



POSTAL address: p. O. Box H7, Fort Hall, Kenya. 



LOCATION: Sagana, Kenya, 7 miles from Fort Hall. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Mr. C. E. P. Watson, Chief 

 Fisheries Officer, c/o Ministry of Forest Development, 

 Game and Fisheries, P. O. Box 30027, Nairobi, Kenya. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1952. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on the culture 



