CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— ENGLAND 



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Liverpool Docks: 1 nautical assistant, 1 clerk. 

 Eight agents (master mariners resident at the 

 ports). 



Provision for visiting investigators: As occasion arises. 



Income: Source: By Parliamentary vote. 



Provision for publication of results: His ]Majesty's 

 Stationery Office publish books, charts, and at- 

 lases, compiled in the Marine Division, as neces- 

 sary. 



Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft ('37) 



History or origin: Staff of Marine Biological As.so- 

 ciation of the United Kingdom previously sta- 

 tioned at Lowestoft and engaged in International 

 Investigations taken over by Ministry of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries and transferred to London 

 in 1910. 



Present organization and location date from 

 1920, when the staff was greatly augmented. 



Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. On sea 

 front between harbour and Claremont Pier. 



Organization to which attached: Ministry of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries, London. 



Purposes: Study of fishery problems, both national 

 and international, the latter in cooperation with 

 the Conseil International pour I'Exploration de 

 la Mer, Copenhagen. 



Scope of activities: Problems connected with the 

 life history of fishes and other forms of marine 

 life, special attention being paid to those problems 

 connected with over-fishing and the prediction of 

 yield. 



Equipment: 1 laboratory building, containing rooms 

 for staff, library (about 5,000 volumes), lecture 

 room and the usual equipment for research, 4 

 floors and basement, about 70 by 50 feet. 



1 fisheries .store — 1 building three floors, 60 by 

 20 feet and 1 building 2 floors, 25 by 20 feet. 



2 research vessels as follows: 



George Bligh, steam trawler of "Lord Mersey" 

 type. Length 138^ feet; breadth 231 feet; depth 

 12| feet (in hold). Average draft aft 15 feet. 

 Gross tonnage 324.27; register tonnage 13L.53; 

 H.P. Nominal 68.9; H. P. indicated 600.0. Cruising 

 radius of about 5,000 miles. 



Onaway, motor drifter, Scottish type. Length 

 53.2 feet; breadth 16.3 feet; depth 6.85 feet. Ton- 

 nage 26.73; engine: Norris, Henty, and Gardner, 

 serai-diesel, B.H.P. 48, R.P.M. 4.50. 



Staff: The Director of Fishery Investigations, Dr. 

 E. S. Russell, is stationed in London. 

 Resident staff: 



Mr. F. M. Davis (in charge), principal naturalist 

 (biologist) . 



Mr. H. J. Buchanan-Wollaston, principal 

 naturalist (biologist). 



Mr. R. E. Savage, naturalist (biologist). 



Dr. J. N. Carruthers, naturalist (hydrographer). 



Mr. G. M. Graham, naturalist (biologist). 



Dr. W. C. Hodg.son, naturalist (biologist). 



Mr. J. R. Lumby, assistant naturalist (hy- 

 drographer). 



Miss D. E. Thursby-Pelham, assistant natu- 

 ralist (biologist). 



Commander W. H. Stewart, assistant naturalist 

 (Master of the George Bligh). 



Mr. F. S. Wright, a.ssistant naturalist (biolo- 

 gist). 



Mr. H. H. Goodchild, a.s.sistant naturalist 

 (biologist). 



Mr. C. F. Hickling, a.ssistant naturalist (biolo- 

 gist). 



Mr. R. S. Wimpenny, assistant naturalist 

 (biologist). 



Mr. B. G. Clarke, chief laboratory assistant. 



Mr. H. Stokes, 1st class laboratory assistant. 



4 laboratory assistants. 



Mr. E. A. Bennett, higher grade clerk (officer in 

 charge). 



Mr. W. H. New.some, higher grade clerk (in 

 charge of statistical and clerical staff). 



11 clerical officers (Statistical Branch). 



2 .shorthand-typist. 



3 fish-measurers. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Provision is 

 made for visiting inveistigators by special arrange- 

 ment. 



Income: From State, for maintenance of station 

 and ships approximately £9,000, for staff .£15,480. 



Provision for publication of results: The Ministry 

 publishes the following series: "Fishery Investiga- 

 tions, Series II, Sea Fisheries." Provision is also 

 made for occasional publication of Fishery No- 

 tices, which usually consist of pamphlets on 

 special subjects for general public consumption. 



Plymouth Marine Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: Established by the Marine Bio- 

 logical Association of the United Kingdom of 

 which Professor Huxley was the first president 

 and Sir Ray Lankester was the originator and 

 first secretary. It was opened on June 30, 1888. 

 The buildings and fittings had at that time 

 co.st £12,000. Between that time and 1933 a 



