226 Uniled Stales of America 



collecting boat (trawler type), Porpoise 111. 

 SIZE OF staff: Two at professional level; 1 technician; 



collecting crew of the studios usually available. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 



Cetacea: Tursiops triincatus, Stenella plagiodon 



Elasmobranchii : Narciiie brasiliensis 



Cephalopoda: Octopus vulgaris 



Reptilia: Caretta c. caretta, Cheloiiia m. mydas 



Crustacea: Hip pa 



Mollusca: Douax variabilis, Venus, Pinna 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: All research work is done by visiting 

 scientists whose interests vary from person to person. 



Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Game 

 Field Headquarters 



POSTAL address: Westboro, Massachusetts, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: William A. Tompkins, Chief 

 Aquatic Biologist. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1957. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on fisheries 

 management, fresh-water and marine biology. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, eutrophic 

 and oligotrophic lakes, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visitors; 

 no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete li- 

 brary; running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; machine and 

 wood shop, skilled shop workman available; small 

 boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Ten at professional level; 14 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Quabbin Reservoir investigations (Robert McCaig) 

 Trout pond reclamations (James Mullan) 

 Warm water reclamations (Frank Grice) 

 Harvest studies on managed ponds (Robert McCaig) 

 Sterilization and sex reversal studies (William A. 



Tompkins) 

 Reclamation of the Deerfield River for trout and evalu- 

 ation of techniques applied (James Mullan) 

 Marine sport fisheries inventory (William A. 



Tompkins) 

 Connecticut River survey (James Mullan) 



Mendocino Biological Field Station 



POSTAL address: Pacific Union College, Angwin, Cali- 

 fornia, USA. 

 executive officer: D. V. Hemphill, Director. 

 SPONSORING agency: Pacific Union College. 

 YEAR founded: 1947. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on marine 

 ecology ; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF operation: June to August. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean, 

 Albion, Little and Navarro Rivers; sandy and silty 

 beaches, rocky and gravelly shores and estuarine con- 

 ditions. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, small aquarium 

 tanks; small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Ecology, general inverte- 

 brate zoology, ichthyology, and aquatic invertebrate 

 systematics. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two-three at professional level. 



Michigan Department of Conservation, Insti- 

 tute for Fisheries Research 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: The University of Michigan Museums 



Annex, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 

 Branch laboratories: 



Fish Pathology Laboratory, Grayling, Michigan. Dr. 



Leonard Allison, Supervisor. 

 Hunt Creek Trout Research Station, Star Route 1, 

 Lewiston, Michigan. Dr. David S. Shetter, Super- 

 visor. 

 Marquette Fisheries Research Station, State Fish 

 Hatchery, Marquette, Michigan. Merle Galbraith, 

 Acting Supervisor. 

 Pigeon River Trout Research Station, Vanderbilt, 



Michigan. Dr. William C. Latta, Super\'isor. 

 Rifle River Fisheries Research Station, Lupton, 



Michigan. Mercer H. Patriarche, Supervisor. 

 Hastings Fisheries Research Station, Hastings, 

 Michigan. Dr. John E. Williams, Supervisor. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Gerald P. Cooper, Director. 

 SPONSORING agency: Michigan Department of Con- 

 servation, Division of Fisheries, in cooperation with 

 the University of Michigan. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1930. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search in sport fisheries. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Huron River; 

 eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visitors 

 at Lewiston and Vanderbilt; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library at Ann 

 Arbor and Lewiston; large outdoor ponds and tanks near 

 Ann Arbor and at the Hastings Station, small aquarium 

 tanks at Ann Arbor and Hastings; machine and wood 

 shop, skilled shop workmen available at Ann Arbor; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-three at professional level; 40 

 technicians. 



