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MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library, small 

 aquarium tanks, research collection of Colorado fish; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Salveliiins joi/l/iial/s, S. /iai//ayi//sh ; Salmo 

 gairdneri, S. trutta, S. dark'/. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



LEADERS: Laboratory is not yet completed. Research 

 program will be initiated upon completion of facilities. 



Com'tsion Interamericana del Atnu Tropical 



INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION 

 POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 



La Joila, California, USA. 

 Branch laboratories: Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Balboa, 

 Canal Zone, P. O. Box 3665 ; Guayaquil, Ecuador, 

 P. O. Box 5951. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Milner B. Schaefer, Director. 



SPONSORING agencies: Governments of Costa Rica, 

 Ecuador, Panama and the Llnited States. 



season of operation: All year. 



YEAR founded: 1951. 



SCOPE of activities: Restricted research on the bi- 

 ology, ecology and population dynamics of tropical 

 tuna and of baitfishes. 



physical environment accessible: Pacific Ocean; 

 estuarine conditions. 



provisions for visiting scientists: None. 



major research facilities: Small library; small boats 

 and outboard motors, 30 ft LOA launches at Ecuador, 

 research vessels of Scripps Institution of Oceanog- 

 raphy used on cooperative basis. 



size of staff: Twenty at professional level; 21 tech- 

 nicians. 



major current research projects and scientific 



LEADERS: 



Physical and chemical oceanography of the Eastern 



tropical Pacific (E. Bennett) 

 Tuna biology and life history (G. Broadhead) 

 Biology and ecology of baitfishes (C. L. Peterson) 

 Compilation and analysis of catch statistics (F. G. 



Alverson) 

 Biological oceanography (M. B. Schaefer) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulletin of the Inter-Aniericau 

 Tropical Tuna Comtnission (occasionally published 

 journal) 



David Worth Demiis Biological Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Syracuse, Indiana, USA. 



LOCATION: Near North Webster. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Murvel R. Garner, Director 



of Station, Department of Zoology, Earlham College, 



Richmond, Indiana. 



SPONSORING agency: Earlham College. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 19-i6. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research; graduate 

 and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: Late June to early August. 



physical environment accessible: Dewart Lake 

 (eutrophic lake). 



provision for visiting scientists: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors; living quarters available nearby. 



major research and teaching facilities: Small 

 library; small aquarium tanks; machine and wood 

 shop ; small boats and outboard motors. 



instructional program: Limnology, plankton, ecol- 

 ogy, and aquatic invertebrate systematics. 



Duke University Marine Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Beaufort, North Carolina, USA, 



LOCATION: Piver's Island. 



executive officer: Dr. Cazlyn G. Bookhout, Direc- 

 tor. 



YEAR founded: 1937. 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research in all 

 phases of marine biology; graduate and undergraduate 

 instruction. 



season of operation: All year. Summer instructional 

 session: June 10 to August 20. 



physical environment ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches and estuarine conditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space for 30 visitors; fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR research AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks, wooden tanks 

 48" X 30"; research collection of marine algae of 

 North Carolina; on main Duke Campus, research and 

 named reference collections of algae and aquatic plants 



DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY 



