is Regional Director of Region 3 which extends over the New 

 England area and southward including the states of New York, 

 New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. 



Under the new administrative scheme, the general 

 term "field station" applies to any field office of the Bureau 

 other than Regional or area offices, and the term "Biological 

 Laboratory" is used to designate a major research center 

 engaged in biological investigations. The official full title 

 of the Woods Hole Laboratory according to Amendment Two 

 of Reorganization Memorandum No. 10 of November 18, 1958, 

 is as follows: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological 

 Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The major activities 

 of a laboratory are called program.s each headed by a program 

 leader. The Laboratory Director has supervision of all the 

 functions of the Laboratory. 



On March 1, 1960, when Laboratory personnel moved 

 back to Woods Hole and occupied the new laboratory building, 

 the staff comprised H. W. Grahana, Director; Robert L. 

 Edwards, acting Assistant Laboratory Director (now Assistant 

 Director); and the following program leaders: Cod- -J. P. Wise; 

 Flounder--F. E. Lux; Haddock--J. R.Clark; Hake--R. L. 

 Fritz; Industrial Fishery- -R. L. Edwards; Redfish (formerly 

 called rosefish)--G. F. Kelly; Sea Scallops- -J. A. Posgay; 

 Benthic Ecology- -R. L. Wigley; Fish Behavior- -R. Livingstone; 

 Plankton Ecology- -R. R. Marak; Aquarium and Experinnental 

 Studies- -C. L. Wheeler; Instrumentation and Underwater 

 Television- -J. M. Crossen; Port Samples Pool (to obtain data 

 on the commercial landing of fish)--L. H. Couture. The work 

 on estuarine ecology conducted in the past years has been 

 discontinued, and the activities of the Laboratory focused on 

 oceanic fisheries and development of practical measures of 

 m.anagement in relation to the U. S. responsibilities to ICNAF. 



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