Republic of Paihiiud 159 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on ^t^eneral 

 marine biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Rio Telo (River Tagus) ; sandy and silty beaches, 

 rocky and gravelly shores, and estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library. A new 



building is to be located near the fishing dock in 



Lisbon. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level; 4 technicians. 



(Staff to be increased to 8 at professional level; 7 



technicians.) 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: SdrcUnd pilchanhis, Trachurus trdchi/rns, 



Tb/iniius ihynuiis 

 Mollusca: Gryppaea cingulata, My til us ecfulis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biology of tunas (Herculano Vilela) 



Biology of Clupeidae and Carangidae (Jaime don 



Santos Pinto) 

 Biology of Gadoid fish (Maria Ruivo) 

 Phytoplankton (systematics and ecology) (Estela de 



Sousa e Silva) 

 Biology of oysters and clams (Herculano Vilela) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: No/ds e Esludos do histitiito de 

 Biologid Mdritinid (occasionally published journal) 



Inst'itnto de Zoolog'iit e Estacao de Zoologia 

 Mdritima "Dr. Augusta Nobre" 



ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AND MARINE ZOOLOGICAL 

 STATION "dr. AUGUST NOBRE" 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Faculdade de Ciencias, Campo dos 

 Martires de Patria, Oporto, Portugal. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Professor Dr. Amilcar Mateus, 

 Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Universidade do Porto. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1916. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine and fresh-water biology; instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean, 

 Douro River; brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 4 visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks ; research and identified refer- 

 ence collections of Crustacea, Mollusca, Echinoder- 

 mata, Pisces and Amphibia; small boats and outboard 

 motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General zoology, systematic 

 zoology, animal ecology, comparative anatomy, and 

 physiology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Echinodermata : Asterias rnbens. Mdythdsteiids gla- 



cialis 

 Crustacea : Porttiutis ptiber 

 Mollusca: Octopus vulgaris 

 Pisces: Bdrbtis bocdgei, Sardiiia pilchdrdus, Scylliinii 



canicula 

 Amphibia: Rana esciilentd, Triliinis niarmoratus, T. 

 (Ple/irodeles) ivaltli 

 MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Systematics of Amphipoda (Amilcar Mateus and 



Emilia de Oliveira Mateus) 

 Systematics of Isopoda (fresh-water) (Jose Braga) 

 Ichthyophthology (Joao Machado Cruz) 



REPUBLIC OF 



GUINEA 



Aihihtere de I'Econom'te Rtirale, Section Tech- 

 nique des Peches Alaritiwes 



MINISTRY OF RURAL ECONOMICS, MARINE FISH- 

 ERIES TECHNOLOGY SECTION 



POSTAL address: B. p. 559, Conakry, Guinee 



(Guinea). 

 year founded: 1955. 

 scope of ACTIVITIES: Physical oceanography, research 



on clupeids, tuna, and crustaceans. 

 major research facilities: Small boats and outboard 



motors; 18 m LOA vessel, CV Pyrrhiis. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 10 crew. 



REPUBLIC OF 



PANAMA 



Comision Inter am eric ana del Atun Tropical 



INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION^ 

 PANAMA LABORATORY 



POSTAL address: p. O. Box 3665, Balboa, Canal Zone. 

 No detailed description of this branch was available, 

 but see Lajolla, California, USA HeddcjiLtrters, page 

 209. 



