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tory, hard and soft X-ray capabilities, a modern library 

 of 1,500 books of which 700 are current periodicals 

 from all parts of the world, and an ichthyological mu- 

 seum containing thousands of marine specimens. The 

 staff also has access to the excellent library of the Insti- 

 tute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami. 



The Laboratory was first established in 1959 at 

 Washington, D.C. The staff was transferred to Miami 

 in 1965 when a new building was constructed on land 

 donated to the Federal Government by Dade County. 

 The Laboratory was founded as a result of the U.S. 

 Government's participation in ICITA (International 

 Cooperative Investigations of the Tropical Adantic) — 

 a 2 -year synoptic survey of the fishery resources of the 

 waters off West Africa from the Congo River north to 

 the Cape Verde Islands, under the sponsorship of 



