CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— NETHERLANDS, NORWAY 



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represents the marine laboratory for students as 

 University Extension. 



Scope of activities: Marine biological, ecological, 

 physiological investigations in the southern North 

 Sea, especially the neighborhood of Den Helder. 

 Den Helder is a naval base and advantages are 

 derived from the presence of the Navy. The 

 investigations from 1931 onward have specially 

 dealt with a number of physiological investiga- 

 tions, with bio-ecological problems of some 

 invertebrates and algae, and with investigations 

 on growth, maturity, and migrations of some 

 cephalopods and fishes. 



Equipment: Laboratory building with chemical 

 laboratory, library, aquarium, rooms for investi- 

 gators, etc. Research vessel Max Weber, a 

 small cutter of 13 meters length. 



Staff: Scientific: Director, Dr. J. Verwey. Students 

 and lecturers from the four Dutch universities 

 work at the Laboratory especially from May to 

 October, but a few practically all the year round. 

 Technical and clerical assistants: 3. 

 Maintenance and operation : 2, including skipper 

 of boat. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: From 1937 on- 

 ward lodgings for 9 persons can be provided. 

 Laboratory can accommodate fifteen investiga- 

 tors, except during a few weeks in summer when 

 courses for students are being held, when ten 

 can be accommodated. 



Income: 12,700 Dutch florins, chiefly from the 

 Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences, and 

 further from some more or less private sources. 



Provision for publication of results: Archives N^er- 

 landaises de Zoologie (the journal of the Dutch 

 Zoological Society). In it papers from other 

 institutions also appear. 



Department van Defensie Afdeeling Hydrografie 



(Department of Defense, Hydrographic 



Section) ('37) 



Location: 147, Badhuisweg, 's Gravenhage. 



Staff: Hydrographer, Schout bij nacht J. C. F. 



Hooykaas; Assistant Hydrographer, Kapitein 



luit. ter zee R. van Tijen. 

 Equiptnent: 



BURTBTINQ VESSELS DISPLACEMENT OFFICERS CREW 



Tydeman 1,160 8 96 



WiLLEBRORD Snellitts 930 8 76 



ElLERTS DE Ha.^n 312 3 13 



Hydrograaf 260 3 13 



Ebidantts 996 8 80 



Norway 



Fiskeridirektoratet, Avdeling for Havundersokelser 

 (Marine Research Branch) ('37) 



History or origin: Established 1900. 



Location: Fosswinckelsgate 6 & 8 (Marine Biological 

 Laboratory), and Fosswinckelsgate 11 (Oceano- 

 graphical Laboratory), Bergen. 



Organization to which attached: Fisheries Directorate, 

 under the Ministry of Commerce. 



Purposes: Marine research. 



Scope of activities: Indicated under the staff, after 

 names of advisors and assistants. 



Equipment: 2 research vessels: 



The JoHAN Hjort, a motor cutter of 70 tons 

 gross, length 78 feet, engine (semi-Diesel, 2 cyl. 

 2 str.), 120 hp., speed 9 knots, crew 7, including 

 skipper and cook, staff generally 3^, maximum 5, 

 in commission 10 months. 



The Virgo, a motor launch of 35 feet, engine 

 30 hp., speed 8 knots, crew 2, staff 2, (for fjord 

 work), in commission 2-3 months during several 

 shorter periods. 



Staff: 3 advisors: Mr. Paul Bjerkan, biology of 

 sprat, plaice etc.; Dr. Sven Runnstrom, herring 

 biology; Mr. Oscar Sund, biology of cod and 

 other gadoids. 2 biological assistants: Mr. Gmi- 

 nar RoUefsen (biology of the cod); Mr. Einar 

 Koefoed (fish larvae, etc.). 1 oceanographical 

 assistant, Mr. Jens Eggvin. 2 technical assist- 

 ants: Mr. Thv. Rasmussen (draughtsman and 

 herring age determination, etc.); Mr. Kr. Wil- 

 helmsen (salinity determination etc.). 3 clerical 

 assistants. 2 technical assistants. 



Provisions for visiting iiwestigators: Only improvised. 



Income: Source: From the government. Amount: 

 About kr. 85,000. From funds, about kr. 70,000. 



Provision for publications of results: Publication: 

 Report on Norwegian Fishery and Marine In- 

 vestigations. (Fiskeridirektoratets Skrifter, Ser. 

 Havundersokelsen. ) 



Det geofysiske Institutt ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1917. A building 



was erected in 1926-28 by contributions chiefl}'- 



from States Minister Mowinckel. 

 Location: City of Bergen, near Puddefjord. 

 Organization to which attached: Bergens Museum, of 



which the institution is a department. 

 Purposes: Research on geophysical problems and 



instruction in various branches of geophysics. 

 Scope of activities: Researches in physical and dy- 



