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mathematical phases of fisheries biology, including the study of popu- 

 lation growth and enumeration, population dynamics, and the influ- 

 ence of natural and artificial factors on variations in yield. 



In the field of freshwater fisheries biology, a year's course is given 

 covering methods of hatching, rearing, collection, and incubation of 

 salmonides, and related problems; the nutrition of fishes; and finally, 

 problems of management of freshwater fisheries. This is supplemented 

 by a course in communicable diseases of fish as well as with a brief 

 course in hydrological problems involved in the stream and lake en- 

 vironments. 



As noted above, courses in fisheries technology have been added 

 to the curriculum to meet the needs of the industry. At present a 

 year's course is offered covering the application of chemistry, biology, 

 and engineering to the canning, curing, and freezing of fish and shell- 

 fish, and to the preparation of fish by-products, oils, meals, etc. An- 

 other course extending through fall and winter quarters is comprised 

 of lectures by authorities in various fields of the fishing industry. The 

 latest machinery is being obtained for experimental work in technology 

 —canning machinery has been loaned to the School of Fisheries by the 

 American Can Company and the Anchor Glass Company. As equip- 

 ment and facilities are added, further technological training of a more 

 advanced character will be offered. 



As the field of fisheries conservation develops, the need for a more 

 profound understanding of the related sciences becomes more evident. 

 Students must carry as much work as possible in chemistry, biology, 

 and mathematics or related fields of physics, engineering and economics, 

 according to their individual interests and abilities. A recent increase 

 in the number of graduate students is therefore encouraging, since these 

 men generally specialize even further in these related subjects. Future 

 progress in all fields of fisheries will depend on a broader understand- 

 ing of the basic sciences and the ability to apply this understanding to 

 fisheries conservation and technology. 



OCEANOGEAPHIC PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHING- 

 TON: 1949-1953 (Prepared by Richard H. Fleming) 



The past four years have been characterized by many major devel- 

 opments in oceanography. Programs initiated after World War II have 

 borne fruit, and many new research activities have been established 

 and older ones reorganized. The latter is the situation at the Univer- 

 sity of Washington. Although the facilities described by Dr. T. G. 

 Thompson at the last Congress (Thompson, 1952) remain essentially 

 the same, the organization, program and staff have all been greatly 



