Symposium on Investigations and Re- 

 sources of the Caribbean Sea and Adja- 

 cent Regions, Curacao, November 1 8-Z6, 

 1968 (6 MS. pp., 2 figs.). 

 MOORE, DONALD. 



A reversed southern flounder, Paralichthys 

 lethostigma Jordan and Gilbert, from 

 the Gulf of Mexico. Tex. J. Sci. (4 

 MS. pp., 1 fig.). 

 STEVENSON, ROBERT E. 



Some time and space resolution require- 

 ments for space oceanography. Proc. 

 Instrum. Soc. Anner. Conf., October 27- 

 30, 1969 (11 MS. pp., 2 figs.). 

 The ocean from Apollo 6. U.S. National 

 Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

 Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, 

 Tex., NASA Spec. Publ. (20 MS. pp., 10 

 figs.). 

 STEVENSON, ROBERT E., and RICHARD O. 

 STONE. 

 Satellite imagery of the earth. Photogram. 

 Eng. (15 MS. pp., 6 figs.). 

 STEVENSON, ROBERT E., and RICHARD D. 

 TERRY. 

 Coastal currents around Biak Island- -fronn 

 Apollo 7. Aust. Fish. Newslett. (3 MS. 

 pp., 1 fig.). 

 TRENT, W. LEE, and ROBERT D. RINGO. 

 Variation in total length of fresh and pre- 

 served brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus 

 Ives) measured by two methods. Progr. 

 Fish-Cult. (8 MS. pp.). 

 WHEELER, RAY S. 



Culture of penaeid shrimp inbrackish- water 

 ponds, 1966-67. Proc. Southeastern 

 Ass. Game Fish Comm., 22d Annu. 

 Conf. (9 MS. pp.. 3 figs.). 



Library 



Renovation of the library quarters becanne 

 necessary during the year to relieve crowded 

 conditions that resulted from the general in- 

 crease in the size of the library collection. 

 Acquisition of an adjoining room for office 

 facilities released space for the expansion 

 of the shelving and reading room areas within 

 the library. This project is partially complete. 



We added to the library collection about 500 

 volumes of books and journals, and over 4,100 

 reprints, reports, and miscellaneous publica- 

 tions during fiscal year 1969. The library con- 

 tributed to the Interior Union List of Serials 

 scheduled for publication in 1969. We con- 

 tinued to issue the biweekly list of current 

 acquisitions, which is sent to the Laboratory 

 staff and other laboratories. 



In addition to the Laboratory staff, the 

 library served an increasing number of students 

 and faculty members of area universities and 

 laboratories. Various individuals from in- 

 dustrial firms and other institutions used the 

 specialized collection. 



Table 1 gives the statistical summary ofthe 

 library collection for fiscal year 1969. 



Museum 



In operation since August 1965, the museum 

 maintains valuable collections of biological and 

 botanical specimens. Most specimens are from 

 the Gulf of Mexico, principally from Texas 

 and Florida. Others, however, are irom such 

 areas as the Bahamas, the Galapagos Islands, 

 New Zealand, the Philippines, and the Virgin 

 Islands. 



Many specimens indigenous to this area 

 are arranged systematically and displayed for 

 educational use (fig. 1). Information provided 

 with many ofthe species includes comn-ionand 

 scientific names, and location, date, and depth 

 of capture. This portion of the collection has 

 been of considerable interest to educational 

 groups. 



Several thousand samples of plankton are 

 maintained for study and display. During the 

 past year, aliquots of about 480 samples were 

 processed and shipped to the BCF Biological 

 Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C., where they will 

 be used in menhaden studies. 



Public Relations 



This year nearly 1,900 people visited our 

 Laboratory. Represented in this group were 

 Federal and State agencies, private industries, 

 foreign countries, universities, high schools, 

 and grade schools. In response to this interest, 

 we provided Laboratory tours, field trips, 

 training sessions, private consultations, and 

 lectures. 



Of the 1,900 visitors, 22 were from 12 

 foreign countries. These countries and the 

 number of representatives are listed below: 



Argentina (1 ) 

 Australia (2) 

 Chile (1) 



East Pakistan (2) 

 Greece ( 1 ) 

 Japan ( 1 ) 



Malaysia (1) 

 Mexico (8) 

 Norway (2) 

 Philippines (1) 

 South Africa ( 1 ) 

 Thailand (1) 



SHRIMP BIOLOGY (MARICULTURE) 

 PROGRAM 



During the past year, brown shrimp spawned 

 in the laboratory on five different occasions 

 and pink and white shrimp once. With the re- 

 sulting larvae, we completed two feeding 

 experiments, two salinity experiments, and an 

 experiment to assess the effects of salinity 

 and EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetate) on 

 larval development. Postlarvae were supplied 

 to 10 nonprofit research organizations. In 

 addition, cultures of diatoms and instructions 

 for their culture were supplied to seven or- 

 ganizations. 



We completed two experiments to screen 

 various fish and animal feeds as possible food 

 for shrimp in ponds. In all, the 11 different 



