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schaftliche Komission has at its disposal the 

 research vessel Poseidon. 

 Staff: Members of the Commission: 

 Vorsitzender: Dr. jur. C. Heinrici, Staatssekretar 



i. R. 

 Stellvertretender Vorsitzender: Profe.ssor Dr. 



Hagmeier, Helgoland. 

 Ehrenmitglieder: Geheimrat Professor Dr. Hen- 

 king, Berlin, Professor Schott, Hamburg. 

 Ordentliche Mitglieder : Professor v. Buddenbrock, 

 Halle a/S; Doctor Erich Fischer, Berlin; 

 Profe.ssor Hentschel, Hamburg; Professor Dr. B. 

 Schulz, Hamburg; Studiendirektor Dr. Strodt- 

 mann, Hamburg; Professor Dr. Schnakenbeck, 

 Hamburg; Director R. Ahlf, We.sermiinde. 

 Ausserordentliche Mitglieder: Doctor Hertling, 

 Helgoland; Professor Dr. Witter, Berlin; Pro- 

 fessor Dr. Wulff, Helgoland; Dr. Biickmann, 

 Helgoland, also Secretary of the Commission. 

 Promsiojis for visiting investigators: 

 Income: For 1926, 100 000 RM; for 1927-1930, 

 each year 500 000 RM; for 1931-1932 about 

 100 000 RM each year. These amounts do not 

 include the expense of the operation of the 

 vessel Poseidon. 

 Provision for publication of results: Berichte der 

 Deutschen wLs,senschaftlichen Komission fiir 

 Meeresforschung, Neue Folge. (Im Verlage der 

 E. Schweizerbart'schen Verlagsbuchhandlung 

 (Erwin Nagele) G.m.b.H., Stuttgart-W., Jo- 

 hannes.str. 3 a). In addition to the series men- 

 tioned, the Reich.sministerium fiir Ernahrung und 

 Landwirtischaft publishes yearly a report entitled 

 "Jahresbericht iiber die Deutsche Fischerei." 



Fischerei-biologische Abtheilung im Deutschen 

 Seefischerei-Verein ('37) 



History or origin: Established in the year 1885. 



Location: Berlin S.W. 11, Hedemannstras.se. 33. 



Organization to which attached: Deutscher See- 

 fischerei-Verein. 



Purposes: 1. Investigations in fishery biology as 

 part of the work of the International Council 

 for the Exploration of the Sea. 



2. Special investigations for particular fisheries. 



Scope of activities: The North Sea, the Baltic, and 

 the North Atlantic. 



Equipment: A research ship Poseidon and chartered 

 fishery boats. 



Staff: Dr. Erich Fischer; Dr. P. F. Meyer; Dr. 

 Altnoder. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: 



hicome: Source : Reichsernahrungsministerium. 

 Amount: 10,000-12,000 RM. 



Provision for the publication of results: Abhandlungen 

 des Deutschen Seefischerei Vereins, Berichte der 

 Deutschen wissenschaftlichen Komission fiir 

 Meeresforschung, Zeitschrift fiir Fischerei und 

 deren Hilfswissen.schaften und Die deutsche 

 Fischwirtschaft. 

 Institut und Museum fiir Meereskunde ('37) 



History or origin: E.stablished in 1900 as the result 

 of the efforts of Freiherr von Richthofen and 

 others attached to the University of Berlin to 

 establish an institute which would have for its 

 scope the entire field of oceanography. Three 

 published accounts of the history of the Institut 

 are referred to in the footnote below. ^ 



Location: Berlin N. W. 7, Georgenstrasse 34-36. 



Organization to which attached: Friedrich Wilhelms 

 Universitat. 



Purposes: Research and instruction. 



Scope of activities: (a) Oceanographic section, physi- 

 cal, dynamical, and chemical oceanography, 

 marine meteorology, continental hydrography 

 limnology, biology, cartography. 



(b) Economic geography in its widest sense, 

 general and theoretical economic geography and 

 economic geography of particular parts of the 

 land; world economics, navigation, and harbors. 



Equipment: (a) 2 buildings of three stories in Berlin. 

 On the ground floor and the first story is a 

 museum which contains a section for ship and 

 machine building, navigation, features of coasts 

 and harbors, life-saving, sea fisheries, biology, 

 oceanography, collection of models and instru- 

 ments, history of battleships. 



On the second story are the work rooms of the 

 scientific officers, laboratory, library with 20,000 

 books and periodicals, 15,000 separates, collection 

 of photographs with about 12,000 negatives, 

 collection of 6,000 cards, and instrumentarium, 1 

 small and 1 large lecture hall. 



(b) A small one-story building on Sakrower 

 Sea near Berlin with instruments for limnological 

 work, 1 motor boat and 1 row boat. 



Staff: Director, Prof. Dr. Albert Defant, o. Profe.ssor 

 der Ozeanographie an der Universitat Berlin. 



' Denkschrift iiber die Begriindung und Ausgestaltung 

 des Instituts und Museums fiir Meereskunde zu Berlin, 

 Juli, 1901. 



Das Institut und Museum fiir Meereskunde an der konigl. 

 Friedrich Wilhelms-Universitjit in Berlin. (Lenz, Ges- 

 chichte der Universitat Berlin, Bd. III.) 



Das Institut und Museum fiir Meereskunde an der 

 Friedrich Wilhelms-Universitiit in Berlin, Marz, 1929. 



