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8. Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory 



9. Southeastern Fish-Cultural Laboratory 



10. Western Fish Disease Laboratory 



1 1 . Western Fish Nutrition Laboratory 

 (Descriptions follow.) 



EXECUTIVE officer: Paul E. Thompson, Chief. 

 PUBLICATIONS: See Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 

 page 238. 



Cariforri'ia-Nevada Sport Fishery luvest'tgat'tons, 

 Convict Creek Experiment Station 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Route 3, Box 198, Bishop, California, 



USA. 

 LOCATION: East Central California. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER : Reed S. Nielson, Fishery Research 



Biologist. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1936. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on trout man- 

 agement in alpine lakes and streams. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Lakes and 

 streams; Central Sierra Nevada Range. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Limited to 2. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; biology- 

 limnology laboratory; one mile of experimental stream 

 divided into four sections; machine and wood shop; 

 small boats and outboard motors. 



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



Eastern Fish Disease Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Leetown, P. O., Kearneysville, West 



Virginia, USA. 

 LOCATION: 75 miles north-west of Washington, D, C. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Stanislas F. Snieszko, Chief. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1947. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted and unrstricted re- 

 search on the nature, treatment and prevention of fish 

 disease; special training courses in fish pathology for 

 federal and state fishery workers. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Potomac and 

 Shenandoah Rivers; ponds. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: No space avail- 

 able except under special arrangements. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium 

 tanks ; machine and wood shop. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Fish diseases and parasites 

 (for personnel of Fish and Wildlife Service) . 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 3-4 tech- 

 nicians while in training. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Pisces: Fresh water salmonids and centrarchids. 



eastern fish disease laboratory, west virginia 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Bacterial diseases of fishes (S. F. Snieszko) 

 Virus diseases of fishes (Kenneth E. Wolf) 

 Fish parasitology (Glenn L. Hoffman) 

 Fish hematology (S. F. Snieszko) 

 Histopathology (C. E. Dunbar) 

 Diagnosis, treatments (L. L. Pe;tijohn) 



Eastern Fish Nutrition Laboratory 



POSTAL address: RFD, Cortland, New York, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Arthur M. Pliillips, Jr., Direc- 

 tor. 



SPONSORING AGENCIES: U.S. Department of the In- 

 terior; State of New York Conservation Department; 

 Cornell University. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1932. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on the physi- 

 ology and nutrition of trout. 

 SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 

 PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: None. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small Hbrary. 



EASTERN FISH NUTRITION LABORATORY, NEW YORK 



