MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATIONS OF CANADA 



The two -iMarine Biological Stations and the Great Lakes Station 

 carried on under the auspices of, and with special parliamentary appro- 

 priations from, the Dominion Government, may be said to have during 

 tlio past year had an unusually successful season, both in regard to the 

 r.nmber of al)]e workers from the various Canadian universities, and 

 the amount of work actually accomplished. The Atlantic Station at St. 

 Andrews, New Brunswick, now possesses splendidly equipped laboratory 

 bnildings, board and mess rooms for the staff, and every appliance neces- 

 sary for fishery and marine bi<ilogical researches. The site is a shel- 

 tered and convenient one just below the mouth of the St. Croix river, and 

 facing one of the richest grounds from a zoological point of view, in the 

 prolific waters of I'assaniaquoddy Bay. A special private road, with the 

 sanction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Compan}', has been built lead- 

 ing from the main St. Andrews road to the picturesque lands of the 

 station. The United States Commissioner of Fisheries, Mr. George M. 

 Bowers, who visited the station during last summer, expressed the highest 

 opinion of its capabilities and its equipment, and his very favourable 

 views were shared by President Stan- Jordan, Leland Stanford Univer- 

 sity, who with Dr. Barton Evennann and other distinguished biologists, 

 visited the station, when on their tour engaged in the work of the Inter- 

 national Fisheries Commission. By means of the station's steam vessel, 

 the gasoline launch and various boats, forming the station's appliances, 

 extensive faunistic researches were carried on, and important aid given 

 to the special investigators who conducted studies at St. Andrews. Pro- 

 fessor D. P. Pcnhallow was the resident director and did a large amount 

 of onerous work in the operations of the season. Professor A. B. Maeal- 

 him, Toronto; Professor Playfair McMurrich, Toronto; Professor A. P. 

 Knight, Queen's T-niversity, Kingston; Professor jMcBnde, McGill, 

 Montreal, and Dr. Joseph Stafford, ^-fcGill University, Montreal, were 

 the principal senior workers, but an able staff of junior assistants, from 

 Toronto University and other institutions, also took part in the seas(»n's 

 successful investigations. Studies on the oyster fisheries, the marking of 

 migratory fishes, and various zoological and botanical studies completed a 

 varied programme of work. During the coming season (1909) a large 

 staff of the best workers in the Dominion will attend and carry on fishery 

 end. general marine investigations, foi- wliich the station has now a very 

 ■ complete and iip-to-dato pqiiiptnent. 



