Venezuela 269 



POSTAL address: Caiguire-Cumana Estado Sucre, Vene- 

 zuela. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Lie. Sc. German Gonzales, Jefe. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1956. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Restricted research on commer- 

 cial fisheries. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Gulf of Cariaco ; 

 open ocean, sandy and silty beaches, rocky and 

 gravelly shores, estuarine conditions, rivers and 

 streams, mangroves and anaerobic trench (Cariaco). 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS; Research and 

 living space for 2 visitors; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; research 

 and identified reference collections ot hshes and com- 

 mercial invertebrates (shrimps and crabs); small boats 

 and outboard motors; 65 ft LOA vessel, Golfo de 

 Cariaco. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 



important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Angiospermae: Talassia testud'iniini. Rhhophora 



mangle 

 Crustacea: Callinectes hocourti, Card i so ma giianhiim'i 

 Pisces : Cltipanodon pseudohhpanhiis 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Sardine {Clupanodon pseudohispan'iciis) biology 



(German Gonzales and John Simpson) 

 Raboamarillo (Cetengraiilis edentidiis) biology (Ger- 

 man Gonzalez and John Simpson) 

 General hydrography of the Gulf of Cariaco (German 

 Gonzalez and John Simpson) 



Estacion de hivest'tgaciones Marinas de Mar- 

 garita 



MARGARITA MARINE RESEARCH STATION 



POSTAL address: Punta de Piedras, Estado Nueva 



Esparta, Venezuela. 

 LOCATION : Near Porlamar. 

 executive officer: Fernando Cervigon, Jefe de 



Laboratorios. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Fundacion La Salle de Ciencias 



Naturales (La Salle Foundation of Natural Sciences). 

 YEAR founded: I960. 

 SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 



marine biology, plankton, bottom ecology, general 



oceanography and fisheries biology; undergraduate 



instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Caribbean Sea; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores, 

 estuarine conditions, coral reefs and mangrove swamps. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and 



ESTACION DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS DE MARGARITA, 

 NR. PORLAMAR 



living space for 8 visitors; fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Moder- 

 ately complete library ; running sea and fresh-water, 

 small and large aquarium tanks; research collections 

 of fishes (about 2,500 specimens), crustaceans (about 

 1,000 specimens), mollusks, zooplankton, etc.; identi- 

 fied reference collections of fishes, crustaceans and 

 mollusks; machine and wood shop, skilled shop work- 

 man available; vessels, 72 ft LOA, B'lomar I. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: The program is in planning 

 stages. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Three at professional level; 8 techni- 

 cians. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Phytoplankton and primary productivity (Ramon 



Margalef) 

 Ichthyology (Fernando Cervigon) 

 Hydrography and chemistry (Antonio Ballester) 

 Zooplankton (Copepoda and Siphonophora) (Fer- 

 nando Cervigon) 

 Fishing techniques (Alberto Mendez A. and J. M. 



Burgana) 

 Physical oceanography (Jiro Fukuoka) 

 Shrimp biology (A. Vildoso) 

 Systematica of algae (Hno. Gines) 



Universidad de Oriente, Instituto Oceanografico 



UNIVERSITY OF ORIENTE, OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTI- 

 TUTE 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Av. Gran Mariscal-Qta. Mary, 

 Cumana, Venezuela. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Pedro Roa Morales, Director. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministerio de Educacion (Min- 

 istry of Education) . 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1959. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 oceanography. 



