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UiiiteJ Kini^doiH. ScotLi/iJ 



Departmei/t of Agriculture and Fisheries 

 for Scotland 



laboratories: 



1. Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory 



2. The Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen 

 (Descriptions follow.) 



Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Faskally, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scot- 

 land. 



LOCATION : Near Perth. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Mr. K. A. Pyefinch, Officer-in- 

 Charge. 



vear founded: 1948. 



scope of activities: Officially restricted research on 

 fresh-water fish, especially salmonids and on other 

 parts of the fresh-water community. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Lochs Faskally 

 and Tummel (oligotrophic lakes) ; rivers and streams. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Research space 

 for 1-2 visitors; no fees charged. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; limited 

 reference collections of invertebrate fresh-water fauna, 

 especially insects; machine and wood shop, small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Thirteen at professional level; 6 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Salino triitta, S. salar 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Investigations of the behavior of salmonids (T. A. 



Stuart and D. H. A. Marr) 

 Biology of salmon and sea trout (K. A. Pyefinch, T. A. 



Stuart and W. R. Munro) 

 Effects of hydro-electric developments on salmon 



rivers and their stocks (K. A. Pyefinch, T. A. Stuart 



and D. H. Mills) 



Invertebrate fauna of streams (H. J. Egglishaw) 

 Physical and chemical characteristics of streams (A. 



V. Holden) 

 Pollution problems, especially those involving insecti- 

 cides (A. V. Holden) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Freshwa/er and Sdlnioii Fish- 

 eries Research, Department of Agriculture and Fish- 

 eries (occasionally published journal) 



The Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen 



P. O. Box 101, Victoria Road, Aber- 



Dr. C. E. Lucas, Director of 



Sea; 

 and 



POSTAL address: 

 deen, Scotland. 



executive OFFICER: 



Fisheries Research. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1882. 



SCOPE OF activities: Investigation of marine fish, in- 

 cluding shellfish, and fishing processes with related 

 environmental studies. 



season of OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL environmentt ACCESSIBLE: North 

 cruises made to Faroe-Shetland waters, Iceland, 

 Greenland ; high seas. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Very limited 

 space for visitors; living quarters available nearby. 



major RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor ponds and 

 tanks, small aquarium tanks, fairly large indoor tanks; 

 extensive research collections of marine plankton and 

 bottom fauna ; identified reference collections of 

 chaetognaths and Thaliacea of N. E. Atlantic area, 

 specimens of many other planktonic groups, bottom 

 fauna, parasitic copepods, fish, etc. ; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; vessels, 183 ft LOA B P Explorer II, 

 164 ft LOA B P Scotia, 73 ft LOA Mara, 75 ft LOA 

 B P Cli/pea, and one small motorboat. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Forty-three at professional level; 34 

 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Gadus aeglepniis, G. callarias, G. merlangtis, 



IRPSHWATER FISHERinS LABORATORY, PITLOCHRY 



run MARINl^ LAHORATORY, ABERDFlEN 



