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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



seaport through the Treaty of Trianon, taking 

 with it the "SMS Najade," which was given to 

 Yugoslavia. The instruments used in explora- 

 tions were in the Austro-Hungarian Naval 

 Academy in Fiume, but these were lost during 

 the fight for the port of Fiume. 



There is at present a Committee working within 

 the Magyar Adria Egyesulet (Hungarian Adriatic 

 Association). Dr. Geza Entz is president and 

 Dr. Julius Leidenfrost acting vice president. 

 The latter is also the Director of the Committee. 

 The Committee is located at Budapest, VIII, 

 Baross utca 13. It has a library of 5,000 volumes 

 and has a small collection of Dalmatian fishing 

 products and sea animals. 



The Committee is now working up the objects 

 collected during the course of the 1913 and 1914 

 expeditions. In this work Krunoslav Babic of 

 Zagreb and Ferdinand Pax of Breslau also take 

 part. 



Iceland 



Vitamalastjorn (Lighthouse Administration) ('37) 



Location: Reykjavik. 



Staff: Head of Lighthouse Office, Th. Krabbe; 



Assistant Lighthouse Engineer, B. Jonasson; 



Hydrographer, Skipherra F. V. Olafsson. 

 Eguipmrnl: 



BURVEYING VESSEL 



Hermoddb. . . . 



DISPLACEMENT OFFICERS CREW 



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Ireland 

 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Branch ('37) 



History or origin: Scientific investigations by the 

 Department dealing with fisheries have been 

 carried on uninterruptedly since the Marine 

 Laboratory of the Royal Dublin Society was 

 taken over by the newly formed Department of 

 Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Fisheries 

 Branch, in 1901. 



Location: Dublin. 



Organization to ivhich attached: Oceanographic re- 

 search in relation to fisheries is not carried on by a 

 separate organization but is part of the duties 

 allotted to the Inspectors of Fisheries. 



Pwposes: To elucidate technical and scientific 

 questions which arise in the course of the ad- 

 ministrative work of the Department, and to 

 carry out original investigations on matters 

 affecting Irish Free State fisheries. 



(Scope of activities: (a) Hydrography of the waters 

 around Ireland; biology of sea fishes; zooplankton; 

 biological investigation of fishing ground. 



(b) Freshwater investigations on similar lines. 



Equipment: Limited laboratory accommodation 

 in the offices of the Department in Dublin. 

 The use of the Department's Fishery Protection 

 Cruiser, which is equipped for scientific research, 

 is available from time to time. A fisheries library, 

 including fishery biology, is maintained by the 

 Department. 



Staff: Biologists, Mr. G. P. Farran, chief; Mr. A. E. J. 

 Went; Miss W. E. Frost. 1 laboratory a.s.sistant. 

 Assistance is periodically received from the 

 officer of the Fishery Cruiser. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: No permanent 

 provision. 



Incoine: Included in the annual vote for the Depart- 

 ment. 



Provision for publication of results: The members 

 of the staff publish papers in various scientific 

 periodicals. 



Italy 



Istituto di Zoologia della R. Universita di 

 Catania ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1870. 



Location: Catania. 



Organization to which attached: The State, local 

 authorities in charge. 



Purposes: Fish in the Gulf of Catania; researches on 

 Protozoa, Copepods, Isopods, Cirripeds, Echi- 

 nodermata, etc. 



Scope of activities: One of the two university cus- 

 todians is assigned to the collection of marine 

 animals. There are also local fishermen who are 

 paid according to the work done. 



Equipment: Technical library. 



Staff: Director, Prof. Russo Achille; Aid, Prof. 

 Filippo Dulzetto; Assistant, Dott. Luigi Patane. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: 



Income: Sources, R. L^niversity. Amount 8,000 lire. 



Provision for publication of results: On subjects 

 mentioned under purposes. 



R. Osservatorio di Pesca marittima di 

 Ganzirri ('37) 



History or origin: Founded in 1928. 

 Location: Ganzirri (Mes.sina). 



Organization to. which attached: Istituto di Zoologia 

 della R. U. Messina. 



