no 



Peru 



INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION DE LOS RECURSOS 

 MARINOS, CALLAO 



major current rhsearch projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Fishery biology (Hermann Einarssen) 

 Population dynamics of the anchovetta ( Gunnar 



Saetersdal) 

 Zooplankton (Blanca Rojas de Mendiola) 

 Ornithology (Romulo Jordan) 

 Bonito ( Aurora de Vildoso) 

 Whales (Obla Ramirez) 

 Oceanography (Zacarias Popovici) 

 Economics of marine resources (Wilbert F. Doucet) 

 Technological studies (Erling Arnesen) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: 



Infornies del Instilnlo de hwesligacloii de los Reciirsos 



Mar in OS 

 Boletin del I ii it'll lit o de Invest) gacion de los Reciirsos 



Aiarhios 



PHILIPPINES 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Research on the biology, capture, 

 culture, processing, and preservation of fish. 



FISHING VESSELS: 110 ton, M/V Ahilasiigui, 30 ton, 

 M/ V David Starr Jordan, and 9 ton, M/B Tanguingue. 



SIZE OF STAFF: About 24 at professional level; 24 tech- 

 nicians (in the three branches). 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: 



Pljilippine Journal of Fisheries (published biannually) 

 Fisheries Statistics of the Philippines (issued annually) 



Dagat-Dagatan Salt-Water Fishery Experimen- 

 tal Station 



BAE Building, Diliman, Quezon 

 Dagat-dagatan Lagoon, Malabon, Rizai 

 Jose R. Montilla, Director of 

 1936. 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



City. 



LOCATION : 

 Province. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: 



Fisheries. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on general 



marine biology and the hydrology of inland bays and 



waters. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 

 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Manila Bay; 



open ocean, estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow 



bays, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

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

 small aquarium tanks ; research collections of fish and 

 higher plants from fish ponds, local plankton and 

 algae; identified reference collections of commercially 

 important local fishes, algae and marine invertebrates; 

 machine and wood shop ; small boats with inboard 

 motors. 



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

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Philippi)ie Department of Agriculture mid 

 Nctturcil Resources, Bureau of Fisheries 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: Diliman, Quezon City, Filipinas 



(Philippines). 

 Branch laboratories: 



1 . Dagat-dagatan Salt-Water Fishery Experimental 

 Station 



2. Tanay Fresh-Water Fishery Experimental Sta- 

 tion 



3. Limnological Station 

 (Descriptions follow.) 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: josc R. Montilla, Director of 

 Fisheries. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1947. 



DAGAT-DAGATAN SALT-WATER FISHERY EXPERIMENTAL STATION 



