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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



upon the probable site of the ancient Ptolemaic 

 Pharos. 

 Organization to which attached: Under the adminis- 

 tration of the Coast Guard and Fisheries, Minis- 

 try of Finance. 

 Purpose and scope of activities: All researches needed 

 in the study of the marine and fresh water fishes 

 of Egypt. Taxonomy, classification, life histories, 

 physiology and ecology of fishes, plankton, 

 benthos, and hydrography (the physical and 

 chemical properties of the water) . Oceanographic 

 cruises are contemplated. 

 Equipment: 4 small workrooms, a large common 

 room, all provided with fresh and salt water and 

 gas. The laboratory possesses instruments and 

 material for biological and chemical work. It is 

 always advisable for a visitor to give advance 

 information regarding the things that he will 

 need for his work. 

 A small library and a small museum are being 



formed. 

 1 ketch for collecting along the shore. 

 1 research boat 45 m long, the Mabahiss, was 

 loaned by the Egyptian Government for the 

 John Murray Expedition in the Indian 

 Ocean, and for subsequent use in the Red Sea. 

 Staff: Director, Dr. Hussein Faouzi; 2 assistants. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Visitors can be 

 received: the region to be investigated is very 

 large, 2 seas, 5 large lagoons, Suez Canal with its 

 series of large lakes, and the Nile. 

 Income: The laboratory budget is a part of the State 



budget. 

 Provision for the publication of results: Annual Re- 

 ports on Fisheries and a series. Notes and Memoirs, 

 of which two have already appeared and five 

 are in press. 



Note: Data on the Marine Biological Station at 

 Ghardaqa are given under the Red Sea 

 and in India. See page 219. 



Mawani Fanarat (Ports and Lighthouses 

 Administration) ('37) 



Location: Alexandria. 



Staff: Director General, H. E. el Lewa, G. A. Wells; 



Deputy Director General, El Lewa M. Hamdy 



el Deeb Pacha. 



England 



Fisheries Experiment Station, Castle 



Bank, Conway ('37) 



History or origin: Started in 1915 to deal with 



problems connected with shellfish pollution. 



In 1931 was reorganized, with some augmentation 

 of staff, under present title of "Shellfish Services." 



Location: Laboratory and offices: "Castle Bank," 

 Conway, Caernarvonshire, North Wales 



Purification and experimental tanks, and branch 

 laboratory: Benarth Road, Conway, Caernarvon- 

 shire, North Wales. 



Organization to which attached: Ministry of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries, London. 



Purposes: The study of shellfish in general, with 

 special reference to public health and economic 

 problems. 



Scope of activities: 1. In collaboration with the 

 Ministry of Health, London, to combat the 

 dangers arising from the pollution of shellfish. 



2. The establishment at the chief shellfish- 

 producing centers of shellfish purification plants 

 similar to that in operation, during the last 

 eighteen years, at Conway. 



3. The carrying out of bacteriological surveys of 

 polluted shellfish beds. 



4. Experimental work designed to facilitate the 

 establishment of an international standard method 

 of bacteriological examination of shellfish. 



5. Research into oyster breeding problems. 

 Equipment: 1 building containing bacteriological, 



biological, and chemical laboratories, offices, 

 etc., 3 floors and basement. 



The shellfish purification installations at Conway 

 and Lympstone each consisting of storage and 

 chlorinating tanks (capacity of each 90,000 

 gallons), and two treatment tanks (capacity of 

 each 40,000 gallons) . These tanks can be used 

 in the summer season for shellfish research, 

 notably large-scale oyster breeding experiments. 



2 oyster breeding tanks (capacity of each 19,000 

 gallons). 



2 uncovered, and 2 covered and heated, tanks 

 (capacity of each 2,600 gallons) for research 

 into the conditions necessary to achieve 

 purification in oysters. 

 Staff: R. W. Dodgson, O.B.E., M.D. (London), 

 M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. Director of Shellfish 

 Services. 



Mr. H. P. Sherwood, M.C., B.S., assistant to the 

 director (Naturalist). 



Mr. H. A. Cole, M.Sc. (assistant naturalist). 



Mr. J. P. Harding, B.Sc, M.A., Ph.D. (assistant 

 naturalist). 



Mr. E. M. Cartmel-Robinson, principal technical 

 assistant. 



Miss D. H. Campbell, technical assistant. 



