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brary; outdoor ponds and tanks and aquaria; 177 ft 

 research vessel ; small boats and outboard motors. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: Seventy-six at professional level; 15 



technicians. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Oncorhynchi/s kisutch, O. tshawytscha, O. 

 nerka, Saliiio gairdnerii gairdnerii, Gaslerosteus 

 aculeatus, Cyprinus carpio; other marine and fresh- 

 water species available locally. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Marine Research Investigations (North Pacific Pro- 

 gram) (Fred C. Cleaver) 

 Oceanography (Felix Favorite) 

 Serology (George J. Ridgway) 

 Morphology (Francis M. Fukuhara) 

 Scale studies (Kenneth H. Mosher) 

 High seas distribution (Robert R. French) 

 King crab (Takashi Miyahara) 

 Ocean growth (Alvin E. Peterson) 

 Freshwater Research Program (Kingsley G. Weber) 

 Sockeye salmon biology (Donovan R. Craddock) 

 Chinook and silver salmon biology (Richard L. 



^fajor) 

 Salmon nursery research (Harold A. Gangmark) 

 Salmon predators and competitors (Richard B. 



Thompson) 

 Trace element studies (Dr. Timothy Joyner) 

 Non-radioactive isotope fish marks (Anthony 



Novotny) 

 Salmon transition and estuarine studies (Murray 



H. Amos) 

 Salmon compendium (Galen H. Maxiield) 

 Serological studies on chinook salmon (Dr. George 



J. Ridgway) 

 Fish sound discrimination and response (Duane T. 



Rodman) 

 Biometrics unit (Reynold A. Fredin) 

 Fishery translation coordination center (Paul T. 

 Macy) 



Biological Laboratory, Stanford, California 



POSTAL address: 450-B Jordan Hall, Stanford, Cali- 

 fornia, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Oscar E. Sette, Laboratory 

 Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1955. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on interrela- 

 tions of fluctuation in atmospheric and oceanic condi- 

 tions on an ocean-wide basis in relation to their influ- 

 ence on the abundance and distribution of marine fish 

 populations. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



provisions for visiting SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Access to very extensive 



libraries of Stanford University. 

 SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Case studies of environment and fluctuations in Pacific 



commercial fisheries (O. E. Sette) 

 Variation in North Pacific atmospheric circulation and 



its eff^ect on surface oceanographic conditions (L. E. 



Eber) 

 Changes in monthly mean sea surface temperature and 



sea levels, North Pacific (J. F. T. Saur) 



Biological Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Building 74, Naval Yard Annex, 

 Washington 25, D.C., USA. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Vemon E. Brock, Laboratory Di- 

 rector. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1958. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Relation of the physical and 

 chemical oceanographic factors, including those re- 

 lated to the air-sea interaction processes, and the 

 character, distribution and abundance of the marine 

 biota; oceanographic, marine biological and fishery 

 studies in the tropical Atlantic, with particular em- 

 phasis on the tuna resources in the Gulf of Guinea; 

 broad geographical study of the benthic marine or- 

 ganisms, portraying distribution of individual species 

 and environmental factors controlling their distribu- 

 tion and abundance; development and testing of 

 oceanographic instruments of particular interest to 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, and coordination of 

 the Bureau's oceanographic instrumentation programs. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Laboratory and 

 office space and facilities in shore laboratory and 

 aboard research vessels. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Tropical and 

 temperate Atlantic Ocean. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Labora- 

 tory in Washington, D. C, 25,000 square feet of 

 laboratory and office space; two research vessels (con- 

 verted ATA's, first scheduled for operation in Jan- 

 uary 1963, second in January 1964) with space for 

 10 scientists, 400 square feet of laboratory space, 

 oceanographic and trawling winches, 9,000 mile 

 cruising range ; research efforts conducted in coopera- 

 tion with U. S. National Museum, National Oceano- 

 graphic Data Center, U. S. Navy Oceanographic Office 

 and other Government supported and University 

 activities. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Nine at professional level; 2 techni- 

 cians ; plus administrative, vessel supervisory and vessel 

 crew. 



