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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



Biological Station at Rab, Isle Rab, Dalmatia, 

 Yugoslavia ('34) 



History or origin: Founded in 1930 by "Rab," 

 Czechoslovak Society of Marine Biological Station. 



Location: Rab, Isle Rab, Dalmatie, Yugoslavie. 

 Building "Komensky." 



Organization to which attached: The above-named 

 Society, which is composed from the staff of 

 several Czechoslovak universities and other high 

 schools. 



Purposes: Czechoslovakia has no sea, it is thus 

 necessary to profit from the hospitality of Yugo- 

 slavia. General purpose: to enable Czechoslovak 

 biologists to work in sea biology. 



Scope of activities: Description of local fauna and 

 flora, cataloging its seasonal occurrence. His- 

 tological, cytological, physico-chemical research. 

 Installation of local biological museum. 



Equipment: Elementary equipment for microscopy, 

 elementary general laboratory equipment, sensi- 

 tive galvanometer. For the present no gas, 

 no electric current. 2-3 working places, 1 room. 

 Special apparatus and chemicals should be 

 provided by the visitors. 



Staff: No permanent staff. Administration of the 

 Station is in the hands of the Society: President, 

 Prof. B. NSmec, Prague; Secretary, Prof. J. 

 Belehrddek, Brno. 



Only advanced workers are admitted and only 

 members of the Society, except introduced guests. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Gratuitous 

 bedroom and food for 2 members of the Society. 

 Otherwise 10% reduction in local hotels Praha 

 and Bristol (proprietor A. MachS,r, member of the 

 Society). 



Income: Source : From private sources, sale of speci- 

 mens, annual memberships. Equipment main- 

 tained and enlarged chiefly by donations from 

 Czechoslovak university laboratories and labora- 

 tory utensil houses. 



Amount: Small, irregular. 



Provision for publication of results: Workers are 

 obliged to furnish to the Society reprints of 

 papers published in various periodicals. First 

 volume of "Travaux" for 1930-32 to be sent for 

 exchange in the autumn 1933 from the secretary. 



Denmark 



Dansk Biologisk Station (The Danish Biological 



Station) ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1889. C. G. Joh. 



Petersen was the first Director, succeeded by 



A. C. Johansen 1926 and by H. Blegvad 1932. 

 In 1936 the Laboratory was transferred to the 

 old castle "Charlottenlund Slot," facing the 

 Sound and about 8 kms. north of the center of 

 Copenhagen. 



Location: Charlottenlund Slot, Copenhagen, and 

 Nyborg (at the bottom of a small Danish Fjord). 



Organization to which attached: Ministeriet for Land- 

 brug og Fiskeri (Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries). 



Purposes: Marine and fresh water investigations 

 with special regard to fisheries. 



Scope of activities: Researches in biology of marine 

 and fresh water organisms, especially fishes; 

 chemical and physical investigations of sea and 

 freshwater; valuation of sea bottom; transplanta- 

 tion of fish; output of artificially reared fry; 

 marking experiments. 



Equipment: A main Laboratory in Charlottenlund 

 Slot. A floating laboratory at Nyborg with 

 service buildings and accommodations for aquaria. 

 A freshwater laboratory at Frederiksdal, Lyngby. 

 A research steamer Biologen, 143 tons, for 

 investigations in Danish home waters. 



Staff: Scientific: Director, Dr. Phil. H. Blegvad, 1 

 permanent assistant, Dr. Phil. Erik M. Poulsen, 

 2 research assistants, Mag. Sc. C. V. Otterstr0m, 

 Cand. S. W. Fogh. Clerical and operation: 1 

 clerk, 1 librarian, 8 research steamer crew. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: 2 or 3 work 

 places either at the laboratories or on board the 

 research steamer. 



Income: Source: From the Danish Government. 

 Amount: about 110,000 Kroner for 1936-37. 



ProvisioJi for publication of results: Report of the 

 Danish Biological Station I-XXXVII, 1890-1931. 



Komissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- og Havunders0- 

 gelser (The Danish Committee for Fisheries 

 Investigations and the Study of the Sea) ('37) 



History or origin: In Denmark the "Komi.ssionen for 

 Havunders0gelser" (The Commission for Investi- 

 gations of the Sea) was created in 1902; its 

 purpose was to secure the execution of Denmark's 

 part of the investigations planned by the Inter- 

 national Council for the Exploration of the Sea. 

 Chairman of the Commission was Dr. C. G. Jobs. 

 Petersen, the Director of the Danish Biological 

 Station; the other members were Capt. C. F. 

 Drechsel, Doctor C. H. Ostenfeld, and Dr. 

 Martin Knudsen. 



In the year 1909 Doctor Petersen withdrew 



