22 EIGHTH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS 



PART III 



REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES OF SPECIFIC COUNTRIES ON 

 RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS 



OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 1949 



By H. Thompson 



1. Research Programmes in Progress 



In each of the Australian Universities small research projects on 

 marine animals are being undertaken by post graduate students in the 

 various Departments of Zoology. These are not to be regarded as por- 

 tions of an integrated programme of oceanographical research. Ea.ch of 

 the six state Departments of Fisheries is concerned mainly with the ad- 

 ministration of Fisheries Acts, but each undertakes some biological re- 

 search on particular fisheries problems. 



The Division of Fisheries of Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research Organization at its headquarters, the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory, Cronulla and at five field stations in various parts of Aus- 

 tralia carries out a research programme in the following sections: (1) 

 Oceanography including Hydrology and Planktology, (2) Biology in- 

 cluding studies of fish, Crustacea, shellfish, and whales, (3) Microbiology, 

 (4) Underwater fouling of ships and structures. 



2. Division of Fisheries, C.S.I.R.O. P. O. Box 21, Cronulla, N.S.W. 



3. No institution gives specific training in oceanography though the 

 Department of Zoology of each University gives lectures on marine or- 

 ganisms and ecology. 



4. Australia as a member government of United Nations F.A.O. has 

 maintained a close link with the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council. Repre- 

 sentatives have been sent to each of the meetings of the Council and at 

 the 3rd and 4th meetings the Australian delegate was Chairman of Tech- 

 nical Committee I. 



5. Summary of research results of C.S.I.R.O. Division of Fisheries. 



i) Oceanography 



Oceanic studies. F. R. V. "Warren" has carried out a number of 

 oceanographical cruises in S.W. AustraHan waters. S o/oo. O2, Inorganic 

 P, Organic P, and Nitrate N. The results of these surveys are given in 

 volume 3 of Oceanographical Station Lists. 



