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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES PESQUERAS. CASTELLON 



Laboratorio de Castellan 



CASTELLON LABORATORV 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 2 Monturiol, Castellon. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Manuel Gomez Larraneta, Di- 

 rector. 



YEAR founded: 1949. 



PROVISIONS for visiting SCIENTISTS: Space for 1 visi- 

 tor; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 fresh-water; limited shop facilities; small boats and 

 outboard motors; 12 m LOA vessel, Nika. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Four at professional level. 



important species available for laboratorv 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Valencia hispa>iica, Aphanius iherus 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Dynamics of sardine populations (Manuel Gomez 



Larraneta) 

 Chemistry of sediments (Felipe Munz) 

 Hydrography and plankton (Jose M. SanFelio) 

 Experimental fishing (Pedro Suan) 



Laboratorio de Vigo 



VIGO LABORATORY 



POSTAL address: 39 OriUamar, Vigo. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Buenaventura Andreu Morera, 

 Director. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 fresh-water; limited shop facilities; small boats and 

 outboard motors; 11 m LOA vessel, Lampdileiia. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level. 



important species available for laboratorv 

 studies: 

 Mollusca: Oslrea ednln, Myliliis ediilis, Tapes spp.. 



Sole/! spp. 

 Polychaeta: Aren/cola ip. 

 Dinoflagellata: Gonyaiilax sp. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Ecology of mussels and oysters; problems related to 

 commercial exploitation (Buenaventura Andreu 

 Morera) 



Glucids of Bifurcaria (algae) (Fernando Saiz Marti- 

 nez) 



Organic cycles in the sea, especially nitrogen (Fer- 

 nando Fraga Rodriguez) 



SUDAN 



Sudan Inland Fisheries Research Institute 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Ministry of Animal Resources, P. O. 



Box 336, Khartoum, Sudan. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Yousif L Medani, Fisheries Hy- 



drobiologist. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Sudan Government. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1956. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on fresh-water 



fisheries. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: River Nile, 



White Nile and Blue Nile. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; good 

 research collection of Sudanese fresh-water fishes; 



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