UNITED 

 KINGDOM, 



ENGLAND 



British Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries 

 and Food Laboratories: 



1. Fisheries Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch 



2. Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft 



3. Radiological Laboratory 



4. Salmon and Fresh-Water Fisheries Laboratory 

 (Descriptions follow.) 



Fisheries Laboratory, Biirnham-on-Crotich 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Remembrance Avenue, Burnham-on- 

 Crouch, Essex County, England. 

 LOCATION ; Near Southend-on-Sea, England. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: A. C. Simpson, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1947. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Officially restricted research on 

 the biology and bionomics of sheilfisheries of England 

 and Wales. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Rivers Crouch, 

 Roach and BLickwater, southern North Sea; sandy and 

 silty beaches, estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None at present. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 library; running sea and fresh-water, small aquarium 

 tanks; extensive living research collection of marine 

 flagellates; limited identified reference collections of 

 fauna and flora from local estuaries; small boats and 

 outboard motors; one 48 ft LOA powered oyster 

 dredger, Wys/rys, and 35 ft LOA dredger, f.is.ui. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level; 6 techni- 

 cians. 



FISHERIES LABORAIORY. bURNHAM-ON-CROUCH 



U lilted Kingdom, England 189 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: 



Flagellata: Various species 



Mollusca: Ostrea edulis, Car din in edide, Cvep'idula 

 jornicala, Urosalpinx cinerea 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Oyster cultivation (G. D. Waugh) 

 Cockle and whelk bionomics (D. A. Hancock) 

 Crab biology (M. N. Mistakidis) 

 Shellfish sanitation (P. C. Wood) 

 Taxonomy of marine flagellates (R. W. Butcher) 

 Biochemistry of marine flagellates (D. M. Collyer) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Fisheries Investigations Series 

 II, H.M.S.O. (occasionally published) 



Fisheries Laboratory, Louestoft 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. 

 LOCATION: Near Norwich, England. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. H. A. Cole, Director, Fishery 

 Research. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1920. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Officially restricted marine fish- 

 eries research with special reference to the stocks of 

 fish and shellfish of importance to the United King- 

 dom ; fisheries training. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: North Sea, Eng- 

 lish Channel, Irish Sea; sandy and silty beaches, rocky 

 and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, brackish, 

 shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for up to 6 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters 

 available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 large and small aquarium tanks; limited research col- 

 lections of Arctic invertebrates; identified reference 

 collections of local flora and fauna available at British 

 Museum (Natural History), London; machine and 

 wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop 

 workmen available; vessels: 194 ft LOA, Ernest Holt, 

 1?5 ft LOA, Clione, 90 ft LOA, Platessa, and 55 

 ft LOA, Tellina. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: A few university students 

 receive full-time training in fishery biolog)' while em- 

 ployed at the Laboratory. No formal course work is 

 offered. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-eight at professional level; 42 

 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Squalus acanthias. Raia clavata, Clupea 

 harengus, C. sprattns, Gadits callarias, G. merlangus, 

 G. virens, Plei/ronectes platessa, Solea solea 



Mollusca: Mactra corallina 



