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18. Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachu- 

 setts 

 19- Ichthyological Laboratory 

 (Descriptions follow.) 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Donald L. McKernan, Director. 



PUBLICATIONS: 



Fishery Bulletins (regularly published journal) 

 Corn menial Fisheries Review (processed, monthly) 

 Special Scientific Reports: Fisheries (Series) (proc- 

 essed) 

 Progressive Fish-Ci/llurist (published quarterly) 



Biological Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan 



POSTAL address: 



Headquarters: 1220 East Washington Street, P. O. 



Box 640, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 

 Seven field stations are associated with this adminis- 

 trative unit. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. James W. Moffett, Laboratory 

 Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: Headquarters, 1927. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search on general fishery biology with emphasis on 

 limnology and sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Great Lakes; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 estuarine conditions, eutrophic and oligotrophic lakes, 

 rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors at Ann Arbor; no fees charged; living quarters 

 available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 small aquarium tanks ; at branch laboratories, facilities 

 for aquatic research are ex'ensive; research collections 

 of fauna and flora available at the University of Michi- 

 gan Museum of Zoology ; identified reference collec- 

 tions of fishes and invertebrates; machine and wood 

 shop, electrical and electronic shop; small boats and 

 outbo.ird motors; vessels, 60.5 ft LOA, M/V Cisco. 

 52.8 ft LOA, M/V Siscowet. and 42 ft LOA, M/V 

 Musky. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fifty-One at professional level; 40 tech- 

 nicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: The flora and fauna of the Great Lakes. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Evaluation of chemical control (Alberton L. McLain) 



Experimental sea lamprey control — chemical (Bernard 

 R. Smith) 



Research in sea lamprey life history and ecology 

 (John C. Howell) 



Fishery investigations — Lake Erie (Vernon C. Apple- 

 gate) 



Fishery investigations — Lake Michigan (William 

 Dryer) 



Fishery investigations — Lake Michigan (Stanford H. 



Smith) 

 Limnology of the Great Lakes (Alfred M. Beeton) 



Biological Laboratory, Alike Bay, Alaska 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



Headquarters: P. O. Box 1155, Auke Bay, Alaska, 



USA. 

 Field Stations: 



Little Port Walter, Baranof Island 



Karluk Lake, Kodiak Island 



Brooks Lake 



Kasitsna Bay on Cook Inlet 



Traitors Cove, near Ketchikan 



Olsen Bay, Prince William Sound 

 location: Headquarters at Auke Bay, 12 miles from 



Juneau. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. George Y. Harry, Laboratory 

 Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1956. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research concerning 

 the biology and ecology of marine fish, shellfish and 

 anadromous species of commercial importance; oceano- 

 graphic research. 



SEASON OF operation: All year, although field work is 

 concentrated during the spring, summer and fall. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Stephens Pass- 

 age, Chatham Straits, Cook Inlet, Karluk and Brooks 

 Lakes (oligotrophic lakes), waters of Southeastern 

 Alaska; rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, 

 rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space at head- 

 quarters and occasionally at field stations for visitors; 

 no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; running 

 sea and fresh-water (available 1963), small aquarium 

 tanks; small research collection of Alaska fish; machine 

 and wood shop (available 1963) ; small boats and 

 outboard motors; vessels, 38 ft LOA, M/V Sable fish, 

 58 ft LOA, M/V Heron, 88 ft power barge, Alurre U. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-five at professional level; 5 

 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 

 Salmonidae: Oncorhyncbus nerka, O. gorbuscha, O. 



keta, O kisutch, O. tshawytscha 

 Crustacea: Paralithodes camtschatica 

 Mollusca: Saxidomus giganteus 

 Ciupeidae: Clupea harengus pallasii 

 Shrimp : Pandalus borealis 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Red salmon studies (C. J. DiCostanzo) 



Pink and chum salmon studies (T. R. Merrell, Jr.) 



Marine fisheries studies (R. H. Hatch) 



Oceanography (H. E. Bruce) 



Shell fish investigation (R. M. Yancey) 



