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Staff: Scientific: Director, C. Motas, Professor of 

 Zoology, University of lasi. 

 Chief of Laboratory, Mrs. Dr. Lucia Borcea. 

 Assistant: Mr. Sergiu Carausu. 

 Administrative: An Administrator, a laboratory 

 worker, two servants. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Two work 

 tables, free lodging, food to be bought at the 

 Station's restaurant which operates from June 

 1 to October L 

 Income: None. 



Results of investigations are published in the review, 

 Annales scientifiques de I'Universit^ d'lassy 

 (authors receive 50 copies free). 



Scotland 



Marine Laboratory of the Fishery Board 

 for Scotland ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1882. 



Location: Aberdeen, Scottish east coast — principal 

 trawl and great line-fishing port in Scotland. 



Organization to ivhich attached: Fishery Board for 

 Scotland. 



Purposes: Fishery biological research. 



Scope of activities: The study of the stocks of market- 

 able fishes and crustaceans in general, of the 

 haddock, herring, and plaice species in particular 

 and of all factors biological and physical affecting 

 such stocks. Operations are carried out con- 

 sistently over the whole continental plateau to 

 the north of approximately Lat. 55°30' N. 

 Occasional trawling, planktonic, and hydro- 

 graphic surveys also being made to Faroe and 

 Iceland waters. 



Equipment: One laboratory building. Wood Street, 

 Terry, Aberdeen, "H" shaped, single floor, 

 mcludes museum of marine fauna and large 

 library of relevant literature. 



One aquarium building. Bay of Nigg, Aberdeen, 

 with out-buildings (pimiping machinery, store 

 rooms, etc.), tidal pond, two large concrete sea- 

 water storage tanks. 



One deep-sea research vessel Explorer, Mersey 

 class trawler, length 138 feet, breadth 21 feet, 

 gross tonnage 324 tons, fitted with modern trawl- 

 ing gear, echo sounder, and necessary oceano- 

 graphic research equipment. 



Staff: Scientific: Superintendent, R. S. Clark, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.R.S.E. Naturalists, Senior Grade: H. 

 Wood, M.A., Ph.D.; J. B. Tait, B.Sc, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S.E. Naturalists, Junior Grade: S. G. Gib- 



bons, B.Sc, Ph.D., F.R.S.E.; D. S. Raitt, B.Sc, 

 Ph.D., F.L.S., F.R.S.E.; A. Ritchie, B.Sc, Ph.D.; 

 B. B. Rae, B.Sc; J. H. Eraser, M.Sc (proba- 

 tioner naturalist). 



There are nine technical assistants and five 

 non-technical helpers. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: No special 

 provision exists for visiting investigators. 



Income: Finances entirely by H. M. Government. 



Provision for publication of results: A survey of each 

 year's work with the general application of results 

 is published amiually in the Board's report. 

 More detailed reports of particular researches are 

 issued separately in a series referred to as "Fish- 

 eries Scotland, Sci. Invest." All pubhcations 

 issued by the Board are printed and published by 

 H. M. Stationery Oflace, 120 George Street, 

 Edinburgh. On account of Scotland's participa- 

 tion in the work of the International Council 

 for the Exploration of the Sea reports and data 

 relating to Scottish work also appear in the 

 publications of that body. 



The Terry Research Station ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1929. 



Location: Aberdeen, Scotland. 



Organization to which attached: The Department of 

 Scientific and Industrial Research. The Torry 

 Research Station is under the aegis of the Food 

 Investigation Board of the Department. Head- 

 c}uarters, 16 Old Queen Street, Westminister, 

 London SW 1. 



Purposes and scope: Investigations of methods of 

 handling, stowage, transport, storage and, in 

 general, the preservation of fish and food. Re- 

 searches into the associated basal physiological 

 and biochemical problems. 



The Station's work is largely coordinated with 

 researches connected with food at other organiza- 

 tions under the Department of Scientific and 

 Industrial Research. Cooperation in similar Em- 

 pire researches is maintained. 



Equipment: A two story brick building, in Abbey 

 Road, Torry, Aberdeen, containing offices and 

 laboratories. A two story building of shed 

 construction close by, containing experimental 

 plant (cold stores, smoke curing kilns, oil extract- 

 ing apparatus), further laboratories, workshops. 

 A research vessel — City of Edinburgh — a 

 steam drifter adapted for trawling and for certain 

 laboratory operations, 84 ft. long, 18 ft. beam, 88 

 gross tonnage. 



