184 Union of Soriet Socialist Republics 



l\. AS Turkmen SSR 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Ashkhabad. 

 BRANCH: Institute of Biology. 



12. AS Ukrainian SSR 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: Kiev. 

 Institute of Hydrobiology: Kiev. 

 Karadagsk Biological Station: Province of Krimsk, 

 Region of Sudaksk. 



Karadagsk Biological Station; 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1914. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Hydfobiology of the Black Sea. 

 VESSEL : Viazemski. 



13. AS Uzbek SSR 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Tashkent. 



BRANCHES: 



( 1 ) Institute of Zoology and Parasitology. 



(2) Karakalpak Complex Institute. 



Fisheries Departtneut of the State Plmniing 

 Committee of the USSR 



The All-Union Research Institute of Marine 

 Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO). 



POSTAL address: Moscow. 



BRANCH: Algal Laboratory. Arkhangelsk. 



year founded: 1933. 



SCOPE OF activities: Oceanography, assessment of 

 stocks, regulation of fisheries, fishing techniques, re- 

 production of stocks, acclimatization, physiology, fish- 

 eries biology, economics, and technology. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: Library and museum; 

 sections of scientific information, international fish- 

 eries and economics; biological laboratories. 



The AU-Riissiaii Council of National 

 Economy 



1. The Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries 

 and Oceanography (TINRO). 



POSTAL address: Vladivostok. 

 branches: 



(1) Amur Branch, Khabarovsk. 



(2) Kamchatka Branch (Description follows.) 



(3) Magadan Branch, Magadan. 



(4) Sakhalin Branch (Description follows.) 



(5) Okhotsk Ichthyological Laboratory, Okhotsk. 



year founded: 1925. 



SCOPE OF activities: Studies on the fish, faunal, and 

 floral resources of the seas, lakes, and rivers of the 

 Far East and the Pacific Ocean; investigations on 

 applied ichthyology, commercial fisheries technique, 

 hydrobiology, oceanography, mammal and crab fish- 

 eries, technology of production. 



Kamclmtka Brand} 



POSTAL address: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski!. 



year FOUNDED: 1932. 



SCOPE OF activities: Commercial ichthyology, re- 

 production of fish, food supply, oceanography, 

 mechanization of fishery and fishery processing. 



Sakhalin Brandy 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P/O Antonovo, Chekhovsky Re- 

 gion, Sakhalinskaya Oblast. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1945. 



SCOPE OF activities: Studies of stock conditions, 

 distribution and behavior of fish in the Okhotsk 

 and Japan Seas; designs and modernization of fish- 

 ing gear; mechanization of fish processing including 

 shellfish and algae. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: Technical library and 

 museum; well equipped laboratories; vessels are 

 provided by TINRO for research needs. 



2. The State Research Institute of Lake and 

 River Fisheries (GOSNIORH). 



postal address: Leningrad. 

 branches: 



(1) Velikiye Luki Branch, Velikiye Luki. 



(2) Karelian Branch, Petrozavodsk. 



(3) Novgorod Branch, Novgorod. 



(4) Novosibirsk Branch, Novosibirsk. 



(5) Ob-Tazovsk Branch, Khanty-Mansiysk. 



(6) Saratov Branch, Saratov. 



(7) Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk. 



(8) Stalingrad Branch, Stalingrad. 



(9) Tatar Branch, Kazan. 



(10) Ural Branch, Sverdlovsk. 



(11) Yakutsk Branch, Yakutsk. 



3. Astrakhan Economic Administrative Region 



Tlje Caspian Researdi Institute of Marine Fisheries 

 and OceanograpJjy (KASPNIRO). 



postal address: Astrakhan. 



YEAR founded: 1898. 



SCOPE of activities: Fishery biology and oceanog- 

 raphy; fishery technology and processing. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: Laboratories and 

 workshops; vessels, 5 river motor boats, and 4 



