100 EIGHTH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS 



Publications 



Since 1 January 1949 there have been 187 papers by staff members 

 published in the scientific journals. One monograph is now in press. 

 Since 1 January 1949 the Institution has issued 230 progress and tech- 

 nical reports on contract-sponsored research. 



UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 



Work has continued on marine sediments in relation to origin of 

 oil, and regeneration of nutrients from the bottom. This involves stu- 

 dy of the change in composition of living plankton, organic debris, and 

 sediments with investigations of the relationships between sediments 

 and overlying waters. 



SCHOOL OF FISHERIES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Prepared 

 by Richard vaist Cleve) 



A short history of the School of Fisheries was presented to the 

 last Pacific Science Congress and a discussion of the curriculum of the 

 School appeared in the Progressive Fish Culturist (Vol. 14, No. 4, Octo- 

 ber, 1952). The general objectives of the School remain those of train- 

 ing fisheries biologists, primarily for research in conservation agencies 

 and training technologists for work in the fishing industry. While 

 specialized training must be given in order to provide an understanding 

 of the problems which will be met, the principal emphasis during the 

 entire training period, in both biology and technology, is on the basic 

 background sciences that form the foundation for operations in these 

 fields. 



The School moved into its new building located on the shore of 

 Portage Bay in November, 1950, and now has adequate space for class- 

 room and laboratory instruction, as well as for student and faculty 

 research. In addition, limited space is provided for other research agen- 

 cies. Equipment includes that required for instruction and research 

 in the field of freshwater biology, consisting of a 32-trough hatchery 

 which also accommodates 14 tanks and 3 circular pools for rearing 

 young trout and salmon. Five rectangular and 2 circular concrete pools 

 are located within a wire enclosure on the lake side of the building. 

 Running fresh water is pumped from Lake Union into an 18,000-gallon 

 tank on top of the building to supply the hatchery and ponds. Sup- 

 plementary emergency water can be diverted from the city water mains 

 and can be de-chlorinated in two large activated-carbon filters. During 

 the past two years the water supply from the lake has been unsuitable 

 in summer because of high temperatures, and difficult to operate dur- 

 ing winter because of the introduction of silt and mud through a poor- 

 ly-constructed filter. As a result, a well was drilled on the campus and 

 it is now supplying some 200 gallons per minute of practically ideal 



