During the year, a contract was negotiated 

 with the Lunar Receiving Laboratory of the 

 National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 

 tion. We will supervise and train personnel 

 as well as provide facilities for receiving 

 and holding invertebrate animals used in 

 their experiments. 



After the acquisition of the R/V Geronimo 

 in the latter half of fiscal year 1966, we 

 nnade several cruises to various portions 

 of the Gulf to collect oceanographic data. 

 In addition, the Graduate Research Center 

 of the Southwest, Dallas, Tex., chartered 

 the vessel to undertake a normal refraction 

 seismic exploration survey along the Texas 

 shelf and slope. 



On two occasions during the year, the 

 Laboratory Director served as an Adviser 

 with a U.S. delegation sent to confer with 

 delegates of foreign countries. In Honduras, 

 the U.S. shrimp fishery off the Caribbean 

 coast of that country was discussed; in Mexico, 

 negotiations for a shrimp fishery treaty were 

 undertaken. 



Colored photographs of the earth's water 

 masses taken from earth-orbiting spacecraft 

 show features that interest meteorologists 

 and oceanographers, among others. The As- 

 sistant Laboratory Director has studied many 

 such photographs and gave 23 illustrated 

 lectures during the year. Emphasis was on 

 oceanographic features which heretofore have 

 not been seen in their entirety and knowledge 

 of which may have substantial impact on the 

 fisheries of several countries. 



Between June 12 and 24, FAO (Food and 

 Agricultural Organization of the United Na- 

 tions) sponsored the World Conference on 

 the Biology and Culture of Shrimps and Prawns 

 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Laboratory was 

 represented by nine staff mennbers, and nine 

 manuscripts were presented. In addition, the 

 Laboratory Director served as convenor for 

 the section on "Resource Appraisal." 



LIBRARY 



At the close of fiscal year 1967 the library 

 collection had about 26,400 items. Included 

 in the additions for the year were 303 vol- 

 unnes of books and bound journals and 2,679 

 reprints and miscellaneous publications. 



The increase in circulation of library ma- 

 terials and in reference services emphasizes 

 the trend of growth established during the 

 last few years. Other than the Laboratory 

 staff, the library serves the faculty and 

 students of Texas AtM Marine Laboratory, 

 other educational institutions, industrial or- 

 ganizations, and individuals. 



In addition to current activities, special 

 projects accomplished during the year include 

 completion of the reclassification of the book 

 collection, the current inventory, and revi- 



sion of selected indexes. Work on new indexes 

 was continued. A weekly list of library ac- 

 quisitions was distributed to the Laboratory 

 staff and selected laboratories. 



A statistical summary of the library col- 

 lection for fiscal year 1967 is given in table 1. 



Table 1 .--Statistical summary of library collection, 1966-67 



Books 



Journals (bound) 



Journals (Unbound) 



Reprints 



Publications from State and 



Foreign offices, etc 



Othe r 



Total Items 



On hand 

 1966 



2,837 



685 



1,823 



3,636 



12,902 

 1,518 



Additions 

 1967 



271 



32 



253 



366 



1,912 

 148 



On hand 

 June 30, 1967 



3,108 



717 



2,076 



4,002 



14,814 

 1,666 



PUBLICATIONS 



Armstrong, Reed S. 



1967. The subtropical underwater of the 

 eastern Gulf of Mexico. Con-i. Fish. 

 Rev. 29(3): 46-48. 

 Armstrong, Reed S., John R. Grady, and 

 Robert E. Stevenson. 

 1967. Cruise "Delta I" of the GERONIMO. 

 Com. Fish. Rev. 29(2): 15-18. 

 Baxter, Kenneth N., and William C. Renfro. 

 1967. Seasonal occurrence and size dis- 

 tribution of postlarval brown and white 

 shrimp near Galveston, Texas, with 

 notes on species identification. U.S. 

 Fish Wildl. Serv., Fish. Bull. 66: 149- 

 158. 

 Chapman, Charles R. 



1966. The Texas Basins Project. Amer. 

 Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. 3: 83-92. 

 Cook, Harry L., and M. Alice Murphy. 



1966. Rearing penaeid shrimp fronn eggs 

 to postlarvae. Proc. Southeastern Ass. 

 Game Fish Comm., 19th Annu. Conf. 

 pp. 283-288. 

 Kutkuhn, Joseph H. 



1966. The role of estuaries in the develop- 

 ment and perpetuation of commercial 

 shrimp resources. Amer. Fish. Soc, 

 Spec, Publ. 3: 16-36. 

 Lindner, Milton J. 



1966. What we know about shrimp size and 

 the Tortugas fishery. Proc. Gulf 

 Caribbean Fish. Inst., 18th Annu. Sess., 

 pp. 18-25. 

 Marvin, Kenneth T., and Raphael R. Proctor, 

 Jr. 

 1966a. Laboratory evaluation of red-tide 

 control agents. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., 

 Fish. Bull. 66: 163-164. 

 1966b. Comparison of two methods of N- 

 ethylcarbazole carbohydrate analysis. 

 U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Fish. Bull. 65: 

 683-684. 



