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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



Provisions for visiting investigators: The research 

 tables at the Stazione Zoologica are leased at a 

 cost of $500.00 for a full year or the privilege 

 of the use of a table may be obtained by appoint- 

 ment to some table under the control of a lessee. 

 Numbers of the tables are at the disposal of 

 various institutions that contribute to the support 

 of the Stazione. Up to seventy people, including 

 the staff, may be accommodated. Anyone desir- 

 ing the privilege of working at the Stazione should 

 correspond ^A^th its Director, Doctor Reinhard 

 Dohrn, who will supply information not only 

 on the facilities available for work at the Institu- 

 tion but also on li\nng conditions in the city of 

 Naples. 



Income: About 800,000 Lire to 1,000,000 Lire a year, 

 depending on the general economic situation, 

 especially on account of the fluctuations of the 

 tourist traffic (Aquarium) and the exchange rates. 

 Source: Aquarium; sale of preserved material; 

 sale of publications; table rents; contribu- 

 tions. 



Provision for the publication of results: (a) "Pubbli- 

 cazioni della Stazione Zoologica." Contents: 

 Papers on research work done in the Zoological 

 Station. Number of volumes published, 12. 

 Continuation of the Mitheilungen aus der 

 Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, volumes 22. 



(b) "Fauna e Flora del Golfo di Napoli." 

 Monographs of animals and plants in the Gulf of 

 Naples. Number of volumes published, 39. 



Istituto di Ricerche Biologiche in Rodi ('37) 



History or origin: Established by a Convention of 

 1935. 



Location: Rodi (Egeo). 



Purposes: Offers possibility of undertaking field 

 researches in oceanogra];)hical, biological, and 

 chemical sciences, as well as agricultural studies 

 with special regard to marine biology in relation 

 to fisheries. 



Equipment: Laboratory equipped for biological, 

 chemical, and physical researches. An aquarium 

 comprising the local fauna. A library in for- 

 mation. 



Staff: Dott. C. Maldura. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Three rooms 

 attached to the Laboratory. 



Income: Sources: Ministero Agricoltura e Foreste, 

 U Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, il R. 

 Comitate Talassografico Italiano, il Governo 

 delle Isole Italiane dell'Egeo. 



R. Comitate Talassografico Italiano ('37) 



History or origin: Established by a special law in 

 1910. 



Location: Rome. 



Organization to which attached: National Research 

 Council. (Viale delle Scienze Roma.) 



Purposes and scope of activities: To this organization 

 is entrusted the physical and chemical studies of 

 Italian seas. It has pursued many oceanographic 

 expeditions, among them. Exploration of the Sea 

 of Levant, (with Austria) the Adriatic (14 

 cruises). Strait of Messina, Red Sea. It has 

 created an oceanographic commission. The fol- 

 lowing institutions are subordinate to the R. 

 Comitate Talassografico : 



Istituto Centrale di Biologia Marina in Messina. 

 Istituto Geofisico di Trieste. 

 Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia Marina di 

 Rovigno dTstria, together with Kaiser Wil- 

 helm Gesellschaft of Berlin. 



Equipment: Each Institute has its own library. 



Staff: Chairman: . Vice 



Chairman: Prof. Gustavo Brunelli. 



Other officers are listed separately under the 

 indi\adual institutes which make up the R. 

 Comitate Talassografico Italiano. 



Income: Ministero dell'Educazione Nazionale and 

 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. 



Provision for publication of results: Bollettino bimes- 

 trale; Memoirs (214 published); Monographs, 

 Results of the cruises, periodically. 



Ispettorato Generale della Pesca e Divisione 

 Amministrativa per la Pesca ('37) 



History or origin: Institute founded by the Law of 

 Fishing of March 24, 1921. 



Location: Roma. 



Organization to which attached: Ministry of Agricul- 

 ture and Forests. 



Purposes: The regulation of the fisheries, the 

 execution of the laws relating to fisheries, and the 

 prosecution of scientific research for the improve- 

 ment of the fisheries. 



Staff: Ispettorato Generale della Pesca: General 

 Inspector, Prof. Gustavo Brunelli. 1 clerk. 

 Divisione amministrativa per la Pesca: Chef of 

 Bureau, Comm. Dott. Emilio Ciuffa. 4 secre- 

 taries; 3 clerks. 



Provincial organizations in dependence (Labora- 

 torio Centrale e R. Stabilimenti ittiogenici). 



