Union of Soviet Sociiilist Republics 185 



sea going vessels, SRT Lomonosov, RS Opit, Issle- 

 doyatel, Pochin. 

 4. Kaliningrad Economic Administrative Re- 

 gion 



The Baltic Research Institute of Marine Fisheries 

 and Oceanography (BALTNIRO). 



POSTAL address: Kaliningrad. 



YEAR founded: 1949. 



SCOPE OF activities: Biological and fisheries inves- 

 tigations in the Baltic and North Seas and the cen- 

 tral Atlantic; technology and fish processing; gear 

 design. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Laboratories; vessels, 

 SRT, Lomonosov, SRT Artetnovsk, SRT Aldzan, 

 SRT- 129, SRT-4576, and the Mazirbe. 



5. Murmansk Economic Administrative Region 



The Polar Research and Designing Institute of Ma- 

 rine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO). 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Murmansk. 



YEAR founded: 1933. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: The hydrological, hydro- 

 chemical, and hydrobiological regimes of the Barents 

 Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; construction and design 

 of fishing gear; fishery and processing technology. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Library and museum; 

 laboratories ; vessels, Sevastopol. Toonets. Persei II, 

 Prof. Mesialsev, Academic Berg. 



6. Rostov Economic Administrative Region 

 The Azov Fisheries Research Institute (AZNIIRH). 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Rostov/Don. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1922. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Reproduction of stocks, com- 

 mercial ichthyology, hydrology and hydrobiology, 

 fish culture, and fishery economics. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Laboratories; experi- 

 mental hatchery on the Don River; vessels, Issle- 

 dovatel, Prof. Vasnetsov. 



The Coiiucil of National Ecojiowy for 

 Various Union Republics 



1. Azerbaijan SSR 



The Azerbaijan Fisheries Research Laboratory 

 (AZERNIRL). 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Baku. 



YEAR founded: 1912. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Fishery biology; stock preser- 

 vation, population dynamics; fishery economics. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Library; ichthyologi- 

 cal, oceanographical, fishery biology laboratories; 

 experimental hatchery on lower Kura River; sea 

 going vessel for marine biological and oceanographi- 

 cal studies. 



2. Byelorussian SSR 



The Byelorussian Fisheries Research Institute 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Minsk. 



3. Daghestan ASSR 



The Research Institute of Food Industry 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Makjach-Kala. 



4. Georgia SSR 



The Fisheries Research Station 



POSTAL address: Batumi. 



5. Latvia SSR 



The Latvian Fisheries Research Institute. 



POSTAL address: Riga. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1945. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: The regime of the Baltic Sea, 

 stock conditions of the main commercial species, 

 their population dynamics and distribution, fishery 

 biology, modernization of hydroacoustic devices, 

 reproduction of anadromous fishes, and fish process- 

 ing. 



6. Turkmenryga Trust SSR 



The Turkmen Ichthyological Laboratory 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: Krasnovodsk. 



7. Ukrainia SSR 



The Azov and Black Sea Research Institute of Marine 

 Fisheries and Oceanography (AZCHERNIRO). 



POSTAL address: Kerch. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1921. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Ichthyology, hydrobiology, and 



hydrochemistry of the Azovski and Black Seas. 

 MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Laboratories; vessels 



