accommodations were extended gratis to several independent 

 investigators not connected with the government institutions: 

 A. J. Dalton-- development of pelagic fish eggs; K. W, P^oster 

 --adaptation of Fundulus to a blue background; R. Macdonald, 

 Mary Sears, and Alice Beale- -coastal plankton; W. E. Bullington 

 --spiral movements of the ciliate Frontonia; E. Linton--para- 

 sites of fishes; J. C. Hemmeter- -histology of pancreas in 

 Lophius; and C. E. Cummings with two assistants used the Lab- 

 oratory for making wax models of local fishes. 



In 1931, an unusually large number of fishery biologists 

 of the Bureau were detailed for summer work at the Station. 

 Among them were R. O. Smith (oyster investigation); Louella 

 E. Cable (larval fishes); William C. Herrington (haddock investi- 

 gation); L. Worley, Ernestine Jaffe, and H. J. Kumin (mackerel 

 investigation under Sette). A. E. Parr, curator of Bingham 

 Oceanographic collection of Yale University, spent several days 

 gathering material for studies of the biology of young fish. 



In the summer of 1931 the Woods Hole Oceanographic 

 Institution, a new research organization, sponsored by the 

 National Academy of Sciences, began its worldwide exploration 

 of the sea. 



The Act of Incorporation and the recommendation of the 

 Committee on Oceanography of the Academy of Sciences state 

 the following purposes of the institution: "Research and in- 

 struction in all branches of oceanography and allied subjects; 

 coordination of the activities of governmental and private organi- 

 zations in oceanography; and providing facilities for visiting 

 investigators. " From the very beginning there was close coop- 

 eration between the new organization and the Bureau of Fisher- 

 ies, and many research projects were carried out jointly. 



A steady decrease in the research activities of the Fish- 

 eries Laboratory began in 1932 and continued for many years. 

 The Laboratory still served the needs of the Bureau's investi- 

 gators, but lack of funds prevented the extension of its facilities 

 to guest investigators. The long-established policy of the Bureau 

 in supporting basic research in marine sciences established by 

 Baird began to decline and no clear-cut policy with regard to the 

 use of the station was formulated. As a result of the new atti- 

 tude toward the oldest marine station, no summer Director was 

 appointed. The Station was used by the section of Shellfisheries, 

 Galtsoff in charge; North Atlantic Fishery Investigations, under 

 Sette; and Middle Atlantic Fisheries Investigation, R. A. Nesbit 

 in charge. Since no appropriations were available for running 

 the Laboratory as an independent unit, the current expenses were 

 absorbed by the three investigations. The oyster investigations, 

 conducted by Galtsoff, were concerned primarily with the effect 

 of the time of day on oyster activity, and with the control of star- 

 fishes. Sette used the Albatross II for a study of survival of 



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