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laboratories and under its control. Thus the Bureau provides these 
industries and groups with laboratory, consulting, and library facili- 
ties, which, in most instances, cannot be obtained elsewhere. 
Within the limits of its facilities, the Bureau also has opened its 
technological laboratories to research students who are pursuing 
courses in universities, and who are selecting investigational problems 
in the fisheries as their major study. This may prove of special benefit 
to the industry as it brings its problems to the attention of a large 
group of research workers. who in turn may spread interest to applied 
fishery research. 
In the preceding sections of this report we have given the names of 
organizations which are conducting cooperative projects under the 
supervision of our technological staff, and which have employed re- 
search associates for this purpose. In the preceding section on labora- 
tories we have given the individual names of these research associates 
and student assistants. The plan of utilizing graduate student assist- 
ants for part-time work on research projects has been so successful 
that the University of Maryland employed from its own funds addi- 
tional graduate students, by establishing two research fellowships for 
work on fishery technological research. Some of the new research 
problems assigned to these research fellows are: (1) Studies on the 
enzymes in fresh and frozen fish; and (2) chemical and pharmacological 
studies on the oxidized oils in fish meals. These projects are selected 
by the student in accordance with his qualifications, approved by both 
the Bureau and the University, and the results are prepared in a thesis 
submitted for a master’s or a doctor’s degree at the end of 3 years of 
part-time work. The results of such studies are of direct value to the 
industry. This plan also serves to educate and train scientific fishery 
investigators for employment by industry and government. 
COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTS OF DENMARK AND ICELAND 
Early in the spring of 1940, at the request of the Danish Govern- 
ment, the facilities of the College Park Laboratory were opened to 
Ingi Bjarnason, of Iceland, as a Research Fellow. Mr. Bjarnason 
was in the United States on a scholarship given to him by the Ice- 
landic Government for the purpose of studying the fisheries of this 
country. While at the laboratory in College Park he conducted 
research dealing with the development of leather bates from pyloric 
caeca of cod and haddock. Mr. Bjarnason completed this study 
early in June and is now summarizing the results of the study for 
publication. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICE 
In addition to the research activities described in this report, our 
economic and technological staffs conduct, along with their regular 
duties, an educational and consulting service for those interested in 
the fisheries. During recent years the demand for this type of serv- 
ice has increased. Many requests have been received from groups 
and individuals to demonstrate improved methods developed in our 
laboratories for the handling and processing of fishery products, for 
instruction in fish cookery, and for aid in improving various market- 
ing practices. Insofar as our facilities have permitted, we have 
