Madagascar 131 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1941. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Research on general marine and 

 fresh-water biology ; graduate and undergraduate 

 instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Korea Strait; 



open ocean and sandy beaches. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



living space for 3 visitors; no fees charged. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; small aquarium tanks; research collections of 

 fishes, marine algae, shells of MoUusca; wood shop; 

 small boats and outboard motors; vessels, 24 m and 

 21mLOA. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General zoology, general 

 botany, parasitology, phycology, ichthyology, general 

 invertebrate zoology, plankton, fresh-water propaga- 

 tion, salt water propagation, and fishery resources. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level; 1 techni- 

 cian. 



I'USAN-SOOSAN-DAEHAK 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Algae: Rhodophyceae {Gel'idiuni spp.) 

 Platyhelminthes: Chlonorchis sinensis, Melagouimiis 



yokogaivai 

 Pisces: Misgurniis anguillicandatus 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Local marine algae (Jae-Won Kang) 



An epidemiological survey of Metagonimiis yokogairai 



in the Naktong River (Se-Kyu Chun) 

 Studies on the trematodes of the genus Metagoniinus, 



and the life cycle of Exorchis ovijormis (Seh-Kyu 



Chun) 

 Studies on the trematodes, intermediate ho:ts of which 



are brackish water fishes (Seh-Kyu Chun) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin of Ptisan Fisheries Col- 

 lege (regularly published journal) 



Laboratories about Which No Detailed In- 

 formation Was Available: 



Marine Products Experimental Station, Pusan, 



South Korea 



Director: Mr. Im Do Lee. 



MADAGASCAR 



Institut de Recherche Scient/fiq/ie a Madagascar, 

 Station Oceanographique et des Peches 



MADAGASCAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, 

 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND FISHERY STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: B.P. 68, Nossi Be, Malagasy Republic 

 (Nosy-Be, Madagascar) . 



LOCATION : Near Diego-Suarez. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professeur Jacques Millot, Di- 

 recteur de I'lnstitut, B.P. 434, Tananarive, Malagasy 

 Republic. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Office de la Recherche scientifi- 

 que et technique Outre-Mer (Office of Overseas Scien- 

 tific Research and Technology), 20, rue Monsieur, 

 Paris VII, France. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1954. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, plankton and physical oceanography. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Indian Ocean, 

 Mozambique Channel ; sandy and silty beaches, estu- 

 arine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, coral reefs, 

 and crater lakes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 2-4 visitors; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, small aquarium tanks; research 

 collections of marine fauna; identified reference col- 

 lections of Pisces, Crustacea, Gastropoda, Pelecypoda, 

 Echinodermata ; machine and wood shop, skilled shop 

 workman available; one outboard motorboat; 15 m 

 LOA vessel, Maran-atha. 



SIZE OF staff: Three at professional level; 2 techni- 

 cians. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Study of the fishes of the Mozambique Channel 



(Fourmanoir) 

 Studies on the feasibility of shrimp and spiny lobster 



fisheries (Crosnier) 

 Biology of shrimp and spiny lobsters (Crosnier) 

 Brachyuran decapod fauna of Madagascar (Crosnier) 

 Studies on the Mozambique Channel water (Menache) 



