242 United Stales of America 



BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, GULF BREEZE 



board motors; one 36 ft LOA power vessel. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 6 technicians. 

 important species available for laboratory 



studies: 

 Pelecypoda: Crassostrea virginica 

 Gastropoda: Thais haemastoma; Polyimes dtiplifata 

 Crustacea: Callinectes sapid us 

 Typical estuarine invertebrate fauna. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Environmental factors affecting oysters (Philip A. 



Butler) 

 Factors affecting estuarine productivity (Nelson R. 



Cooley) 

 Effects of insecticides on marine shellfish (Alfred J. 



Wilson, Jr.) 



sources of the tropical and subtropical Pacific (includ- 

 ing oceanography, ecology, behavior, genetics, etc.) 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, and coral 

 reefs. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visi- 

 tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library at labora- 

 tory, but extensive library of University of Hawaii 

 available; running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks (sea water 

 facilities all at Kewalo Basin); research and identified 

 reference collections of pelagic fishes and zooplankton ; 

 machine and wood shop; 117 ft LOA, M/V Charles 

 H. Gilbert, equipped with bow and stern underwater 

 viewing ports, as well as oceanographic, biological and 

 fishing gear. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-five at professional level; 50 

 technicians and other personnel. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Katsnuunus pelamis and other tropical Pacific 

 tunas 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Fishery potentials (Richard S. Shomura) 

 Skipjack ecology (Brian J. Rothschild) 

 Albacore ecology (TamioOtsu) 

 Behavior (John J. Magnuson) 

 Subpopulations ( Lucian Sprague) 

 Oceanography (Richard A. Barkley) 



Btolo^rcal Laboratory, Honolulu 



POSTAL address: p. O. Box 3830, Honolulu 12, 



Hawaii, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: John C. Marr, Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1949- 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on fishery re- 



BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, HONOLULU 



Biological Laboratory, La Jolla, California 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 271, La Jolla, California, 

 USA. 



LOCATION: Near San Diego. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Elbert H. Ahlstrom, Labora- 

 tory Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1937. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on the de- 

 scription and understanding of the variations in dis- 

 tribution and abundance of the Pacific sardine and 

 associated species. 



season of OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library 

 available at Scripps Institution of Oceanography ; run- 

 ning sea water at Scripps, small aquarium tanks at 

 Scripps; extensive collection of fishes from eastern 

 Pacific; one 152 ft LOA vessel. 



SIZE OF staff: Fifteen at professional level; 1 'i tech- 

 nicians. 



