136 Morocco 



INSTITUT DES PECHES MARITIMES DU MAROC 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks; research collections of Pisces, 

 Moilusca, and decapod Crustacea; vessels, 25 m and 

 17mLOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 2 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Oceanography applied to marine fisheries (Henri 



Aloncle and Jean Collignon) 

 Physico-chemical oceanography (Pierre Erimesco) 

 Aquarium techniques (Jean Collignon) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin de I'lnstilut des Peches 

 Maritimes dii Maroc (published semiannually) 



Inst'itnt Scientifique Cher'tfien 



CHERIFIEN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Avenue Biarnay, Rabat. Maroc 

 (Morocco). 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professeur Louis Pasqualini, Di- 

 recteur de I'lnstitut et Doyen de la Faculte des Sci- 

 ences. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Faculte des Sciences de Rabat. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1920. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on inter- 

 tidal marine biology and faunistics; general and sys- 

 tematic limnology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Oued Bou Regreg (river) ; sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, and 

 eutrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTI.STS: Space for 2-3 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIi;s : Large 



tank with artificial tides and sea water for algology 

 only, small aquarium tanks, marine tank witli artificial 



tides (algology only); research and identified refer- 

 ence collections of algae and local fauna as well as 

 fresh-water algal cultures; machine and wood shop, 

 electrical and electronic shop, all available in Physics 

 Department of the Faculty of Sciences; small boats 

 and outboard motors for rivers and lakes. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: At the Faculty of Sciences: 

 general and systematic botany and zoolog)', general 

 biology, and animal physiology. 



SIZE OF staff: Eight at professional le\ei ; 5 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Algae: Ulvaceae, Dictyotaceae, SphMroma suryatinn 

 Crustacea: Palaemoii servdliis. P. sqiiilLt. PAchygrap- 



sns marmoralus, Uca tangeii 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Marine and fresh- water algae ( Paulette Gayral ) 

 Ecology and culture of unicellular fresh-water algae 



(Paulette Gayral) 

 Biology and culture of Ulvaceae (Paulette Gayral) 

 Biology of intertidal fauna (Jean Panouse) 

 Ecology and faunistics of lakes and temporar)' ponds 



(Jean Panouse) 



Station P'tscicole d'Azroii 



d'aZROU fisheries STATION 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: 



HeadqHdiiers: Azrou, Province de Meknes, Morocco. 



Fish Hatcheries: Ras, Ma and Arkbal. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Berrada Abdeslam, Chef et 



Ingenieur des eaux et forets. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Moroccan Government. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1925. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on biology 



and pathology of fishes, benthos and plankton. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Eutrophic and 



oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams and artificial 

 bodies of water. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visi- 

 tors; no fees charged for research space; living quar- 

 ters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; research collection of marsh plant 

 life; identified reference collections of fresh-water 

 fish, benthos, zooplankton, algae, mosses, marsh plants, 

 and larvae of fresh-water insects. 



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

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRI:NT research PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: Many projects on fish culture (especially 

 Tilapia sp.), diseases and parasites of fresh-water 

 fishes, ecology of lakes and reservoirs, artificial propa- 

 gation of fishes, introductions and acclimatization of 

 exotic salmon and trout, etc. 



