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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



autumn of 1937. The sum allotted for building and 

 equipment is 370,000 kr. This new institute will 

 belong to the Royal Society of Goteborg, i.e., 

 Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets 

 Samhalle. The Oceanografiska Institutionen of 

 Goteborgs Hogskola will be housed in the institute 

 and its chief will be the holder of the chair in 

 oceanography. Beside the present income from 

 Gustaf Ekman's donation, a contribution from Ivnut 

 and Alice Wallenbergs foundation of 10,000 kr. 

 annually has been granted for a period of 10 years 

 starting from 1938. In the board of directors, the 

 Svenska Hydrografisk-Biologiska Komissionen will 

 be represented through its chairman and Sjofarts- 

 museet in Goteborg and representatives of Goteborgs 

 Hogskola. The new institute will thus work in 

 close cooperation with the said institutes. Its 

 scope of activities will be partly the same as those 

 of Komissionen, partly instruction. It wdll afford 

 facilities for work also to a limited number of resident 

 visitors. Publications : Medd. Oceanograf Institutet 

 included in the Forhandlingar of Goteborgs Kungl. 

 Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets Samhalle. 



Svenska Hydrografisk-Biologiska 

 Komissionen ('37) 



History or origin: Arose from Svenska Hydrografiska 

 Komissionen which was formed in the middle of 

 the nineties by Otto Pettersson, Gustaf Ekman, 

 and August Wijkander for the scientific study of 

 the sea off the Swedish coasts. It was recon- 

 stituted about 1900 by the inclusion of members 

 for biology of which P. T. Cleve and Filip Trybom 

 were among the first. 



Location: Goteborg. 



Organization to which attached: The Komission is 

 rmdcr the Department of Agriculture in Stock- 

 holm, its grant coming under that department. 

 Two members. Doctor Andersson and Prof. Nils 

 ZeUon, are Swedish delegates to the International 

 Council for the Exploration of the Sea. One of 

 the purposes of the Komission is to carry out 

 Sweden's part of the international investigations. 



Purposes and scope of activities: The purpose of the 

 Komission's work is to carry out and publish 

 investigations, oceanographic and biologic, within 

 the sea around the Swedish coasts and especially 

 to carry out Sweden's part in the international 

 investigations. Also to supervise and edit ob- 

 servations from lightships. 



Equipment: The Komission has jurisdiction over the 

 newly built research motorship the Skagerak 



which is fully equipped for all kinds of work in 

 fishery and oceanography. It has two research 

 stations, Borno, half way up the Gullmar-fjord, 

 built in 1901; and Havsfiskelaboratoriet at the 

 mouth of the same fjord, built in 1929. For 

 each of these stations, see the appropriate special 

 statement. 

 Staff: The members of the Komission serve gratui- 

 tously. 

 President of the Komission, the Governor of 



Goteborg. 

 For Hydrography, Prof. Hans Pettersson, Gote- 

 borg; Prof. N. Zeilon, Lund. 

 For Fishery and Biology, Dr. K. Anderson of 

 Lantbrukastyrelsen, Stockholm; Dr. N. Rosen. 

 Fisheries Inspector of the Western District and 

 Secretary Lansa.ssessor, A. Thofelt. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: No special 

 provisions for visiting investigators exist although 

 at Borno guests are occasionally received for 

 carrying out special investigations. 

 Income: Source: Government grant. Varies from 

 year to year. 

 Amount: About 20,000 Kr., plus about 90,000 Kr. 

 for running the ship Skagerak. 

 Provision for publication of i-csults: The Svenska 

 Hydrografisk-Biologiska Komissionens Skrifter 

 appear irregularly in two series, "Hydrography" 

 and "Biology." New series in quarto. Until 

 now, thirteen numbers of the hydrographic and 

 five of the biologic have appeared. The lightship 

 publications are issued annually, one volume in 

 quarto, since 1923. 



Havsfiskelaboratoriet ('37) 



History or origin: Built in 1929. 



Location: At the mouth of the Gullmar-fjord. 



Organization to which attached: Svenska Hydro- 

 grafisk-Biologiska Komissionen. 



Purposes and scope of activities: The biological 

 (fishery and plankton) part of the Svenska H. B. 

 Komissionen's work and also technical chemical 

 investigations on the preservation of fish and other 

 problems of the fishery industry. 



Equipment: Mainly equipped for microscopic and 

 plankton work but has aquariums with running 

 sea-water. The chemical technical department 

 is equipped for chemical and biochemical work. 



Staff: 1st Assistant, Dr. A. Molander, Fishery and 

 biologj\ 2nd Assistant, Licentiat H. Hoglund, 

 plankton. Extra assistant, Fil. Kandidat G. 

 Stordal, plankton counts. 



