218 United States of Ameiica 



SPONSORING agency: Illinois Department of Registra- 

 tion and Education. 



YEAR FOUNDED: Central L.ib., 1858; Havana Lab., 

 1940; Ridge Lake Lab., 1941 ; McGraw Hydrobio- 

 logical Lab., 1956. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search on general aquatic biology with emphasis on 

 fishery biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year at Havana, Urbana 

 and Dundee; June 1 to September 1 at Ridge Lake. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Eutrophic and 



oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visi- 

 tors; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library 

 in Urbana ; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small 

 aquarium tanks ; very complete research collections 

 of aqua:ic insects ; identified reference collections of 

 aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates ; machine and 

 wood shop at Urbana and Havana, skilled shop work- 

 men at Urbana and Havana; small boats and outboard 

 motors; larger vessels. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Seven at professional level; 7 techni- 

 cians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES : 

 Pisces: Lepoiiiis nhtcrocbhtn, M'lcropterm sidnioides 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Lake management investigations (George W. Ben- 

 nett) 



Stream management investigations (R. Weldon Lari- 

 more) 



Commercial fisheries operations on large rivers (Wil- 

 liam C. Starrett) 



Studies of carrying capacity and standing crops of 

 fishes (D. Homer Buck) 



Pond fertilization (Donald F. Hansen) 



Biochemistry of fishes (Robert C. Hiltibran) 



Institute of Oceanography and Marine Biology 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 432, Oyster Bay, New 



York, USA. I l~)'~J I 

 LOCATION : Near New York City. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Walter E. Tolles, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Privately financed laboratory. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1959. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research in general 

 oceanography and marine biology with special empha- 

 sis on physical techniques and methods. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Oyster Bay, 

 Long Island Sound; rocky and gravelly shores and 

 brackish, shallow bays. 



PROVisic^NS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium 



tanks; machine and wood shop, electrical and elec- 

 tronic shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors. Laboratory quarters are 

 temporary. 



International Pacific Halibut Commission 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Fisheries Hall No. 2, University of 

 Washington, Seattle 5, Washington, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Henry A. Dunlop, Director of 

 Investigations. 



SPONSORING agencies: U. S. and Canadian govern- 

 ments. 



year FOUNDED: 1925. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on effective 

 management of the Pacific halibut fishery. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: AH year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 

 shallow coastal seas off Canada and Alaska. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: All facilities of the Col- 

 lege of Fisheries, University of Washington, available; 

 moderately complete library; research collection of 

 plankton materials collected incidentally during inves- 

 tigations of the planktonic life of the' halibut; research 

 and fishing vessels chartered as needed. 



SIZE OF staff: Ten at professional level; 3 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biological statistics (F. Howard Bell) 



Age composition and associated studies (William H. 



Hardman) 

 Tagging and associated studies (Richard J. Myhre) 

 Growth and associated studies (G. Morris Southward) 

 Pre-commercial life of halibut (Richard A. Kautz) 



lona Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit 



POSTAL address: Department of Zoology and Ento- 

 mology, Science Building, Iowa State University, Ames, 

 Iowa, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. K. D. Carlander, Professor 

 of Zoology and Director. 



SPONSORING agencies: Iowa State University and Iowa 

 State Conservation Commission. 



YEAR founded: 1941. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on fishery 

 biology; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



season OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Clear Lake 

 (eutrophic lake), Des Moines River. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library in the aquatic field at the Uni- 

 versity library; small aquarium tanks; identified refer- 

 ence collections of fishes and aquatic plants; machine 

 and wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, skilled 



