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New Jersey Division of Fish and Game, Fish- 

 eries Laboratories 



POSTAL address: 



New Jersey Fisheries Laboratory (fresh-water unit), 



Lebanon, New Jersey, USA. 

 New Jersey Marine Fisheries Laboratory, Box 92, Sea- 

 side Parle, New Jersey, 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Roland F. Smith, Principal Fish- 

 eries Biologist, New Jersey Fisheries Laboratory, 

 Lebanon, New Jersey. 



SPONSORING agency: New Jersey, Department of Con- 

 servation and Economic Development. 



YEAR founded: 1951 and 1956. 



scope of activities: Restricted research in marine and 

 fresh-water fisheries management. 



SEASON of OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Atlantic Ocean; 

 many bays, rivers, eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, 

 rocky and gravelly shores (fresh-water), estuarine con- 

 ditions, brackish, shallow bays, acidotrophic waters, 

 and polluted waters. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors at each laboratory; no fees charged; living 

 quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive libraries 

 at nearby universities, small library at laboratories; 

 running .sea and fresh-water planned, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; identified ref- 

 erence collections of fish; machine and wood shop, 

 skilled shop workmen available; small boats and out- 

 board motors; larger vessels available on charter basis. 



SIZE OF staff: Nine at professional level; 3-6 tech- 

 nicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Establishing parameters of Porgy populations, Steiio- 

 tomiis chrysops, from New Jersey to Massachusetts 

 (Paul Hamer) 



Trout and shad studies in coastal rivers (Bruce Pyle) 



Evaluation of trout stocking programs (Richard 

 Gross) 



Introduction of new species (Walter Murowski) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: 



New fersey Fisheries Survey Reports (occasionally pub- 

 lished contributions) 

 Progress or Administrative Reports 

 Miscellaneous reports (processed) 



New fersey Oyster Research Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: Department of Zoology, Rutgers Uni- 

 versity, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. 



Field Stations: 



Oyster Research Laboratory, Bivalve, New Jersey. 

 Oyster Research Laboratory, R.F.D. 2, Cape May 

 Court House, New Jersey. (Summer only) 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Harold H. Haskin, Profes.sor 

 of Zoology and Biologist in charge. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES: Rutgers University Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. Substantial support from New 

 Jersey State Division of Shell Fisheries, Department of 

 Conservation and Economic Development. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1888. 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on the bi- 

 ology of shell fisheries; graduate instruction, 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year at Cape May Court 

 House and at Bivalve; June 15-August 31, laboratory 

 houseboat in New Jersey coastal estuaries. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Delaware Bay 

 and coastal estuaries, Raritan and Barnegat Bays; sandy 

 and silty beaches, estuarine conditions and brackish, 

 shallow bays. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Limited research 

 and living space for visitors; no fees charged for re- 

 search space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library at Rutgers, Oyster reprint library in 

 Cape May Court House; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small aquarium tanks, extensive tidal flats in front of 

 laboratory, bare at low tide, provide large area for 

 experimentation; identified reference collection of 

 shells of various species of oysters ; machine and wood 

 shop; small boats and outboard motors, one 48 ft LOA 

 diesel vessel. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Oyster Research Laboratory 

 is closely affiliated with the Department of Zoology 

 of Rutgers University which offers work leading to 

 the Ph.D. in marine biology. Special courses available 

 include coastal oceanography, estuarine ecology, mala- 

 cology, and limnology. 



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



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pelecypoda: Crassostrea virginica, Mercenaria nier- 



cenaria. Mytilus edtdis, Tagelus dii'isus 

 Gastropoda: Urosalpinx cinerea, Polynices duplicata 



CAFE MAY COURT HOUSE FIELD STATION, NEW JERSEY 

 OYSTER RESEARCH LABORATORY 



