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SOUTHEASTERN FISH-CULTURAL LABORATORY, MARION 



W^estern Fish Disease Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Building #204, Sand Point Naval Air 



Station, Seattle 15, Washington, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Robert R. Riicker, Chief and 



Fishery Research Biologist. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1936. 



scope of activities: Restricted and unrestricted re- 

 search on the etiology, etiologic agents and therapeutic 

 agents of fish diseases; extension information to fish 

 hatcheries. 



season of operation: All year. 



provisions for visiting scientists: None. 



MAJOR research FACILITIES: (Facilities of the Uni- 

 versity of Washington School of Fisheries as well as 

 Air Station facilities are used) . Very extensive library. 



SIZE OF staff: Five at professional level ; 5 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: Several species of salmon and trout. 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Redmouth disease of rainbow trout (R. R. Rucker) 

 Mycobacterial survey and taxonomy (A. J. Ross) 

 Virus disease of chinook salmon (T. J. Parisot) 

 Hexamitiasis in fish (J. R. Uzmann) 

 Pathology of fish diseases (W. T. Yasutake) 



W^estern Fish Nutrition Laboratory 



POSTAL address: Cook, Washington, USA. 



LOCATION: Near Portland, Oregon. 



executive officer: John E. Halver, Chief, Western 

 Fish Nutrition Investigations. 



YEAR founded: 1953. 



scope of activities: Restricted research on determina- 

 tion of nutritional requirements of salmon. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



physical environment accessible: Columbia River. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Research and liv- 

 ing space available for visitors; no fees charged for 

 research space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; large out- 

 door ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks ; identified 

 reference collection of normal and abnormal saimonid 

 tissues ; machine and wood shop. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 8 technicians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



WESTERN FISH NUTRITION LABORATORY. NR. PORTLAND 



Vitamin requirements of salmon (John E. Halver) 

 Amino acid requirements of salmon (John E. Halver) 

 Mineral requirements of salmon (A. N. Woodall) 

 Digestive enzymes of salmonids (C. B. Croston) 

 Biological availability studies (W. E. Shanks) 

 Hematology of salmonids (E. F. Hesser) 

 Histology studies in salmonids (E. F. Hesser) 



NX'ESIFRN FISH DISEASE LADORATORV, .SLA I ILL 



United States Navy Electronics Laboratory 



POSTAL ADDRESS: San Diego 52, California, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Harry C. Mason, Captain, USN, 

 Commanding Officer and Director. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1940. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research in oceanog- 

 raphy and acoustics, electronics and systems. 

 SEASON OF operation: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: San Diego and 

 Mission Bays, and the Pacific Ocean. 



