Tunisia 179 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Songkhia Lake 

 (eutrophic lake) . 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: No library; water sup- 

 plied by machine pump; small boats and outboard 

 motors. 



SLZE OF staff: One technician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Algae: Gracillaria confervoides 

 Crustacea: Penaeus indicus 



Pisces: Nemallosa nanus, Osphronemus goraniy, Pro- 

 phdgoriis nieiihofii 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Electrical fishing methods (Swasdi Boonthai) 



Ban Phae Fishery Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Ban Phae, Rayong. 

 LOCATION : Near Satahee Naval Base. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Prakob Rodpothong, Head. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1950. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on general 



fishery biology and technology. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and living 

 space for 5-10 visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; rain water 

 available; machine and wood shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; small boats and outboard motors; six 

 power vessels of which the largest is about 35 ft LOA. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: GuIf of Thai- 

 land; sandy and silty beaches. 



Kasetsart University, College of Fisheries 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Bangkhen, Bangkok, Muang Tai 



(Thailand). 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Nai Boon Indrambarya, Dean. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1943. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research; under- 

 graduate instruction. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Bangkhen Canal 

 (tributary of Chao Phya River) ; central plain. 



provisions for visiting scientists: None. 



major research and teaching facilities: Moder- 

 ately complete library; water supply controlled by 

 university pump. 



instructional program: Zoology, botany, fishery bi- 

 ology, fish culture, fish technology, and oceanography. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Cypriiuis carpio, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, 

 Hypophlhalinichthys molitrix, Pangasius sutchi 



TUNISIA 



Station Oceanographiqiie de Salamnibo 



SALAMMBO OCEANOGRAPHIC STATION 



POSTAL address: Salammbo, Tunisia. 



LOCATION: Near Carthage. 



executive officer: Brahim Douik, Directeur. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Secretariat d'etat a I'lndustrie et 



aux Transports (State Department of Industry and 



Transportation). 

 YEAR founded: 1924. 

 SCOPE of activities: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology and general oceanography; exploratory 



fisheries research. 

 season of operation: All year. 

 PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Mediterranean 



Sea; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 



STATION OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE SALAMMBO 



estuarine conditions, and eutrophic lake. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 

 living space for 2 visitors; fees charged for research 

 space. 



major RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library; running sea and fresh-water; large 

 outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks ; re- 

 search collections of Pisces, Echinodermata and 

 Mollusca; machine and wood shop, electrical and elec- 

 tronic shop; small boats and outboard motors; vessels, 

 12 m, 20 m, and 3 m LOA. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General inveriebrate zo- 

 ology, phytoplankton, and zooplankton. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Annales et Bulletin de la Sta- 

 tion Oceanographique de Saimmbo (regularly pub- 

 lished journal). 



