186 Uii/oii of Soviet Socialist Republics 



equipped with hydroacoustic devices and other fish- 

 ing gear, SRT-4509, SRT Grot, SRT Goiiets, VCHS 

 Danilevski. 



Miuistry of Agriculture of the RSFSR. 



The All-Riissian Research Institute of Pond 

 Fisheries 



POSTAL address: 9 Khlebnikov Pereulok, Moscow. 



Moscoiv State University 



1. Faculty of Biology 



Institute for Hydrobiology 

 Institute for Ichthyology 



2. Faculty of Biology and Pedology 



3. The Zoological Museum 



Moscoiv Technical Institute of Fisheries 

 and the Fish Industry 



Department of Hydrobiology 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Pryanshnikova 2a, Moscow. 



UNITED ARAB 

 REPUBLIC 



Alexandria Institute of Hydrobiology 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Kaycd Bay, Alexandria, United Arab 

 Repubh'c. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. A. Rifaat, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministry of Agriculture, Hydro- 

 biological Department. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1931. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted fisheries and limno- 

 logical research; pond culture. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Mediterranean 

 Sea, Lakes Elkou and Mariout (eutrophic lakes) ; 

 estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 





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ALEX.ANDRIA INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and tanks, 

 small aquarium tanks; research collections of flabellid 

 and turbinoid corals, copepods and other crustaceans; 

 20 m LOA vessel, S.S. Mabahiss. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seventeen at professional level; 3 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Phytoplankton: Nilzschia spp. 



Aquatic flowering plants: Ceratophylbnu d emersion, 

 Potamogeton crispus 



Crustacea: Pneris spp., Neptuuns pelagicus, Gam- 

 mar us spp. 



Pisces: TiLipia zillii, T. galilaea, Mugil capito, M. 

 cephalus, Siirdinella spp. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Fishing gear (Samy Gorgy) 



Oceanographic research (Samy Gorgy) 



Phytoplankton (M. Salah) 



Fisheries biology (lakes) (S. El-Zarka) 



Fresh-water fisheries biology and fish farms (R. 

 Koura) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Notes and Memoires (occa- 

 sionally published journal) 



Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Hydrobio- 

 logical Department, Institute of Freshwater 

 Biology 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Gizira, 10, Hassam Sabry 

 Street, Cairo, United Arab Republic. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Mr. Riad Qura, Director. 



year FOUNDED: 1953. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on fish biol- 

 ogy and pond culture. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: River Nile; 



canals, and fish farm ponds. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



