United States of America 233 



Xiphophortis couchianus, X. monlezumae cortezi, X. 



variatus xiphidium, Mollienesta fonnosa, M. 



spiiettops, and Limia v'lttata. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Correlated studies of pigment cell growth (Sylvia S. 



Greenberg) 

 Tissue transplantation, population genetics and en- 

 docrinology of fishes (Klaus D. Kallman) 

 Genetic studies in thyroid tumor susceptibility (Klaus 



D. Kallman) 

 Genetic studies in sex inheritance and reversal (Klaus 



D. Kallman) 



Oklahoma Fishery Research Laboratory 



POSTAL address: North Campus, Box 14, University 

 of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Alfred Houser, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES: Oklahoma Department of 

 Wildlife Conservation and the University of Okla- 

 homa. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1947. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on the ecol- 

 ogy and management of fresh-water fish in Oklahoma ; 

 graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Hydroelectric 

 power and flood control reservoirs. 



PROVISION FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks ; identified reference collection of 

 fresh-water fish of Oklahoma; machine and wood 

 shop; small boats and outboard motors. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level ; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Statewide growth-rate of drum, bullhead catfish and 



gizzard shad (Alfred Houser and O'Reilly Sandoz) 

 Fish population estimate on Fort Gibson Reservoir 



(Alfred Houser) 

 Fish population sampling by rotenone on Texoma, 



Grand, Tenkiller and Murray Lakes (Alfred Houser 



and O'Reilly Sandoz) 

 Pre-impoundment survey on Rock Creek, Murray 



County (O'Reilly Sandoz) 

 Fish population studies on Lake Lawtonka (Alfred 



Houser) 

 Catch statistics (Leonard Jones) 



Oregon Fish Commission Research Laboratories 



POSTAL address: 



Headquarters: Route 1, Box 31 -A Clackamas, 



Oregon, USA. 

 Branch laboratories: 



859 Olney Avenue, Astoria, Oregon. 



220 S. W. Bay Boulevard, Newport, Oregon. 

 P. O. Box 529, Charleston, Oregon. 

 P. O. Box 392, Oakridge, Oregon. 

 Route 1, Box 590, Sandy, Oregon. 



LOCATION: Headquarters near Portland. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Jack M. Van Hyning, Director of 

 Research. 



YEAR founded: Astoria, 1938; Clackamas and New- 

 port, 1947; Charleston, 1949; Oakridge, 1953; Sandy, 

 1957. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on general 

 fisheries biology and commercial fisheries manage- 

 ment. 



season of operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Pacific Ocean, 

 Columbia River and tributaries, Yaquina and Coos 

 Bays; sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly 

 shores, estuarine conditions, continental shelf, and 

 brackish, shallow bays. 



provisions for visiting scientists: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Library; aquarium tanks 

 at Newport, experimental hatchery ; machine and wood 

 shop; small boats and outboard motors; fisheries pa- 

 thology laboratory. 



SIZE OF staff: Fifty-six at professional level; 14 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Pisces: Eopsetta zordeni, Acipenser medirostris, Se- 

 bastodes sp., Oncorhynchus Ishawylscha, Thunnus 

 germo, Thalichthys pacificiis 

 Pelecypoda: Siliqua patitla, Ostrea gigas 

 Crustacea: Cancer magister, Pandalus jordani 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Ocean troll salmon studies (Robert E. Loeffel) 



Otter trawl investigations (Alfred R. Morgan) 



Albacore investigations 



Columbia River investigations (Robert Thompson) 



Coastal River investigations (Thomas Kruse) 



Shellfish investigations (C. Dale Snow) 



Hatching biology (Wallace Hublou) 



Columbia River development (Raymond Willis) 



Mark analysis investigation (Earl Pulford) 



Oregon Institute of Marine Biology 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Charleston, Oregon, USA. 



LOCATION : Near Coos Bay. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Chairman, Department of Biology, 



University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Oregon State System of Higher 



Education. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1937. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on physi- 

 ological ecology and general marine biology; graduate 

 and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION : June to September with limited 



