The "Montlake Laboratory" is the home of three activities of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries: 

 (1) the Biological Laboratory, (2) the Technological Laboratory, and (3) the Exploratory Fishing Base. 

 It is located on Montlake Boulevard in Seattle, south of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and the 

 University of Washington. 



Biological Laboratory 



The principal function of the Biological Laboratory, Seattle, Wash., is to conduct research on the coastal 

 and high seas salmon and king crab in the Pacific Region. Research on salmon behavior patterns and 

 survival under the influences of environment is designed to yield an understanding of the fluctuations in 

 abundance of coastal stocks. Considerable amount of research is directed toward means of providing safe 

 passage for anadromous fishes at water-use projects. 



In the critical international North Pacific fishery, some unique research tools have been developed to 

 distinguish Asiatic and North American stocks of salmon and determine their distribution. Valuable data 

 hove been collected on the life history, distribution, and abundance of king crab in the Bering S« 



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Right. The 1 3,000-gross-ton Japanese 

 mothership Renshin Moru is similar to 

 some of the salmon motherships operating 

 in the North Pacific Ocean west of longi- 

 tude 175° W. This ship contains two 

 reduction units and is served by 25 

 trawlers. 



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