THE BIOLOGICAL STATIONS OF CANADA 



The Biological Board of Canada, which was reorganized and 

 placed upon a somewhat independent basis by act of Parliament (2 

 George V. cap 6, 1912) has charge of the work of the three stations 

 situated at St. Andrews, N. B., at Go-Home Bay, Georgian Bay, Ont., 

 and Departure Bay, near Nanaimo, B. C. 



The Board, which is under the control of the Hon. the Minister of 

 Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, consists of representative members ap- 

 pointed by such Universities as may be sanctioned, who are actually 

 engaged in the work of biological research, and at present includes 

 Professors from McGill University, Montreal, the University of Toronto, 

 Dalhousie University, N. S., Manitoba University, Laval University 

 and the University of New Brunswick, with two members appointed 

 by the Minister. 



During the past year each Station has successfully carried on 

 important researches, special prominence being given to investigations 

 more or less intimately bearing on the fishing industries of the At- 

 lantic and Pacific and the Great Lakes. 



ST. ANDREWS, N. B. 



No less than fifteen original workers occupied tables at St. Andrews, 

 the Curator in charge being Dr. A, G. Huntsman of Toronto University, 

 and covered an extensive field of research during the season, including 

 experiments of various kinds of bait, many of them baits not tried by 

 the fishermen or usually used by them, also studies of the mode of 

 escape of small lobsters from traps with various widths of open spaces, 

 a continuation of the food of fishes, an elaborate examination of 

 parasitic Myscosporidia parasitic on fishes, determination of 

 annelids, many of which form of sustenance of valuable table 

 fishes, and various algse and botanical studies. Professor Bailey 

 continued his work on the distribution and abundance of 

 diatoms on the Atlantic Coast with reference to oyster food and 

 oyster culture. Professor Conolly, St. Francis Xavier College, engaged 

 in marine botanical work and Professor Willey, McGill University, 

 studied the plankton and larval stages of asteroid and copepod forms. 

 Dr. Huntsman completed some faunistic labours in addition to labor- 

 ious duties, dredging, townetting, etc., and directing the staff, and 

 reports that the list of marine species of animals in the Bay of Fundy 

 waters recognized and secured already exceeds eight hundred. 



