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living space for 6 visitors ; no fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESi-ARCH FACILITIES: Small library; small 

 aquarium tanks; research collection of fresh-water 

 fishes, plankton, and fauna of lake bottoms. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Six at professional level; 10 techni- 

 cians. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Dynamics of fish populations of Lake Dojran (Kiril 



Apostelski) 

 Bottom fauna of Lakes Dojran, Prespa, Ohrid, and 



Mavrovo (Trajko Stojkovski) 

 Zooplankton of Lakes Dojran, Prespa, and Mavrovo 



(Ognajanka Popovska) 

 Dynamics of production in ponds (Emil Kapac) 

 Trout production in ponds (Mile Sidorovski) 

 Chemical analyses in lakes, rivers, and ponds ( Zivko 



Bojkovski) 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: 



Izdanija (regularly published journal) 

 Folia Balcanica (regularly published journal) 



LABORATORY OF THE EAST AFRICAN MARINE FISHERIES 

 RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 



Hydrological studies of East African Coast (B. E. 



Bell) 

 Planktological survey of East African Coast (J. H. 



Wickstead) 

 Survey of the surface shoaling fishes ( D, N. Hall) 



ZANZIBAR 



Laboratory of the East Afrnan Marine Fisheries 

 Research Organization 



POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 668, Zanzibar 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICER: D. N. F. Hall, Director. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: East African Common Services 

 Organization. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1953. 



SCOPE OF activities: Restricted research on fisheries. 



SEASON OF operation: All year. 



physical ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Indian Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, estuarine conditions, brackish, 

 shallow bays, and coral reef. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 4 visi- 

 tors (equipment limited) ; no fees charged; living 

 quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Small library; research 

 laboratory; identified reference collections of fishes; 

 small general workshop; small boats and outboard 

 motors; research vessel, 109 ft LOA, ALinihiiie, with 

 biological and hydrological laboratories, and cruising 

 endurance of 40 days at 200 miles per day; 28 ft LOA 

 launch, Chermin. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Five at professional level; 2 assistants. 



IMPORTANT species AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: Fauna is typically Indo-West Pacific. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Tuna longline investigations (F. Williams) 

 Penaidae of the Tanganyika Coast (A. J. Bruce) 



MUSEUMS 



(World Wide) 



American Museum of Natural History 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Central Park West at 79th Street, 

 New York 24, New York, USA. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. James A. Oliver, Director. 



SCOPE OF activities: Exhibition, exploration, research 

 and education in the natural sciences and anthro- 

 pology. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library 

 (other facilities indicated under appropriate sub- 

 divisions) . 



DIVISIONS OF MUSEUM DESCRIBED: 



1. Department of Ichthyology 



2. Living Foraminifera Laboratory 



3. Department of Fossil Invertebrates 



4. Department of Living Invertebrates 



Department of Ichthyology 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: C. M. Breder, Jr., Chairman and 

 Curator. 



SCOPE OF ACTiviTiE.s: Research on fish systematics, 

 schooling behavior, locomotor habits of various fishes, 

 and ecology of cave fishes. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES AVAILABLE: Small aquar- 

 ium tanks ; dark rooms for photographic and cave fish 

 work ; research collections of over 20,000 identified, 

 catalogued lots of preser%'ed specimens principally 



