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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE 



Quantitative measurements of stocks of fish and shrimp 

 in Texas waters (H. T. Odum) 



Three dimensional studies of post Pleistocene sedi- 

 mentation in the Texas bays with sub-bottom echo 

 sounder (sonoprobe) (E. W. Behrens) 



Origin of carbonate banks on the continental shelf 

 off the Texas coast (E. W. Behrens) 

 PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: P/iblicattons of the Institute of 



Marine Science (regularly published journal) 



'University of W^ashington, College of Fisheries 

 and Fisheries Research Institute 



POSTAL address: Fisheries Center, University of Wash- 

 ington, Seattle 5, Washington, USA. 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Richard Van Cleve, Dean. 



YEAR founded: 1919- 



scope of activities: Unrestricted research on marine 

 and fresh-water biology, especially as it applies to fish 

 and fisheries; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



season of operation: All year for research; October 

 to June for instruction. 



PHYSICAL environment ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean, 

 Puget Sound and Lake Washington ; sandy and silty 

 beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, estuarine condi- 

 tions, brackish, shallow bays, eutrophic and oligo- 

 trophic lakes, rivers and streams. 



PROVISIONS for VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 3 visi- 

 tors during academic year and 3-6 in summer; living 

 quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very ex- 

 tensive library; recirculated sea and running fresh- 

 water, large outdoor ponds and tanks, small aquarium 

 tanks, and hatchery troughs; extensive research collec- 

 tions of fish and invertebrates; identified reference col- 

 lections of fresh-water and marine fishes and inverte- 

 brates from the waters of Washington, Chukchi Sea, 

 Alaska, mid-Pacific and Marshall Islands; shop facil- 



ities available at the University; small boats and out- 

 board motors; vessels, 67 ft LOA diesel powered. Com- 

 mando, one 16 ft, two 12 ft, two 8 ft and one 19 ft 

 LOA. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Ecology, parasitology and 

 fish diseases, ichthyology, aquatic invertebrate system- 

 atics, fishery biology, biometry, population dynamics, 

 fisheries management, and fish nutrition. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Twenty-seven at professional level; 41 

 technicians. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



studies: All species of marine invertebrates and 

 fishes of the Washington coast of the Pacific Ocean, 

 together with all anadromous fishes of the region. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 



leaders: 

 Japanese oyster studies (Albert K. Sparks) 

 Fish tissue studies (Alexander Dollar) 

 Sealed aquatic systems (Albert K. Sparks and John 



Liston ) 

 Fish populations (R. Van Cleve) 

 Frozen sea food studies (John Liston) 

 Bacterial taxonomy (John Liston) 

 Puget Sound rockfish (A. DeLacy) 

 Research on Bristol Bay and Chignik Lakes (Ole A. 



Mathisen) 

 Kvichak salmon studies V (Ole A. Mathisen) 

 Wood River studies I (Ole A. Mathisen) 

 Kodiak Island research (Donald E. Bevan) 

 Effects of logging IV (Robert L. Burgner) 

 Prince of Wales tagging III (Robert L. Burgner) 

 Cook-Inlet — Prince William Sound tagging III 



(Robert L. Burgner) 

 High Seas tagging VI (Allan C. Hartt) 

 Spring Creek I 

 Fern Lake trace mineral metabolism study (Lauren 



Donaldson) 

 Rainbow trout study (Lauren Donaldson) 



COLLEGE OF FISHERIES AND FISHERIES RESEARCH IN.STITUTE, 

 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE 



