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processing fish and fish meal, and a small cold-storage plant with three 

 rooms maintained at temperatures of 34 °F., 0°F., and -40°F. respec- 

 tively. 



Research projects now in progress in freshwater fisheries biology 

 include studies in such diverse fields as the nutrition of salmon and 

 trout, the effects of temperature on the development of chinook sal- 

 mon eggs and young, the detailed morphology of the sperm of sal- 

 monide, control of fungus in the eggs of rainbow trout, and the hy- 

 bridization of cutthroat trout. In addition, a revision is being made 

 in the nomenclature and imperfect description of western Nostostrican 

 phylopods. 



Research in Fisheries Technology is currently being re-organized 

 following a change of personnel in that department. Present plans in- 

 clude an investigation into the thermal death times of bacteria and an 

 investigation into a more convenient and efficient method of deter- 

 mining the degree and rate of spoilage in fish. 



In marine fisheries biology, research into classification of fishes is 

 carried on with the help of the fish collection of the School which at 

 present contains over 600 genera, including fishes from Australia, New 

 Zealand^ the islands of both the North Pacific and South Pacific, both 

 coasts of the United States, and Alaska and British Columbia. This 

 collection is used for class instruction and research and is available for 

 investigators from other institutions and agencies. Other studies in 

 marine biology at present include a cooperative study, with the Wash- 

 ington State Department of Fisheries, of the population of a species of 

 flatfish in a particular area of Puget Sound, which it is planned to 

 extend as the different segments of the population are defined. An- 

 other study is that of the production and drift of eggs and young of 

 fishes of the Sound. Other studies cover such features as the selective 

 action of sampling gear and the ecology of various marine fishes. Dur- 

 ing the past year, contracts have been concluded between the Univer- 

 sity of Washington and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calling for 

 the investigation of basic problems involved in the guiding of young 

 snadronous fishes by electrical methods, and by non-electrical means 

 such as light, sound, etc. Under these contracts which name the School 

 of Fisheries as the agency responsible for the research, staffs have been 

 assembled and we are now accumulating data in the prescribed areas. 



Scholarships in the School of Fisheries are usually reserved for 

 those students who have attended for at least a year and have thus es- 

 tablished their ability as workers. However, support is available for 

 students who are able to work, through activities of cooperating agen- 



