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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



general study of the biology of the marine and 

 fresh-water areas of Georgia and of the neighbor- 

 ing regions to reveal their natural resources. 

 The principal objects in respect of marine areas 

 are the study of the distribution, amount, and 

 migrations of food fishes and useful animals, 

 study of the productivity of the sea and of the 

 balance of organic matter, investigations by 

 field observations and laboratory experiments of 

 the relations between environment and living 

 organisms, general oceanographic survey of the 

 southeastern part of the Black Sea, study and 

 application of new fishing gear and the improve- 

 ment and mechanization of existing fishing tech- 

 nique, investigation of new food fishes and 

 animals. 



Concerning the fresh-water areas of Georgia 

 the principal objects of investigation are the 

 study of rivers and lakes suitable for the fish 

 industry and their melioration and rational ex- 

 ploitation, the investigation of questions of 

 pisciculture and the study of the utilization of 

 various hydrotechnical constructions for pisci- 

 culture. 



/Scope of activities: The whole territory of SSR of 

 Georgia and the southeast part of the Black Sea. 



Equipment: The station is at present in temporary 

 premises, but it is building a special building 

 on the shore of the Black Sea, which will have 20 

 special rooms for laboratories, aquarium, library, 

 museum, etc. A sail- and motor-research schooner 

 Abkhazetz of 50 tons, equipped for oceanographic 

 survey work. No adequate equipment in ap- 

 paratus and instruments as yet. 



Staff: Director, S. M. Maliatski. 



Hydrobiologi-sts : Prof. V. N. Nikitin, chief; 



Miss N. S. Tchohuri. 

 Hydrologist: S. S. Liatti. 



Ichthyologists : V. G. Marti, Miss A. A. Maiorova. 

 Specialist in marine mammals: S. E. Heinenberg. 

 Specialist in pisciculture: L. A. Kutchin. 

 Specialist in fishing technique: N. N. Danilevski. 

 Economist: K. P. Gabounia. 

 Technical staff — 27 persons. 



Provision for visiting investigators: There will be 

 places in the new building for visitors. 



Income: The station is financed by the State Budget 

 and by contracts with industrial organizations. 

 The Budget of the Station amounted in 1933 

 to Rbls. 221,211 (exclusive of building fund). 



Provision for publication of results: The first volume 

 of the Memoirs of the Biological Station of Georgia 

 is to appear in the first part of 1934. 



Manguistau Branch of the Uralo-Caspian Scientific 

 Fisheries Station ('34) 



History or origin: Founded September 10, 1933, 

 when Andrianov, director of the Chief Fisheries 

 Department, visited the Manguistau district in 

 connection with the organization there of the 

 "Caspian Fish and Seal Trust," for the exploita- 

 tion of the marine resources of this part of the 

 Caspian Sea. 



Location: The town Fort-Alexandrovsky (Post- 

 office, village Bautino), situated on the north 

 point of the promontory that separates the Tiub- 

 Karagansky bay from the sea. 



Organization to which attached: Through the Uralo- 

 Caspian Fisheries Station affiliated with the 

 Scientific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. 



Purposes: (1) Biology of fishes and marine animals 

 of these waters. (Migration routes of the fishes, 

 character of the migrations, degree and period of 

 shoaling; fish-feeding areas and productivity, 

 character of food; collection of statistical data of 

 fish landings, according to varieties and age; 

 rate of growth; breeding capacities; investigations 

 of the method for determining the age of the 

 Caspian seal; study of the theory of calculating 

 the number of fishes in the stock.) 



(2) Hydrology (hydrological regime of the 

 marine industrial zone and its influence on the 

 biology of the fishes and on the fishing industries). 



(3) Fish industry (technique and organization 

 of up-to-date fishing industries; strength and size 

 of the fishing gear, fishing fleet and their suit- 

 ability for this district ; the study of the necessary 

 measures for the development of the technical 

 side of the industries; the economic profitableness 

 of the fishing gear employed in the district; 

 technical indices for the different gear used, e.g., 

 quantity of labor, size of catch ; duration of fishing 

 season; organization of collective farms, "kolhoz," 

 in the district; technical education of personnel. 



(Scope of activities: From cape Buruntchuk (Busatchi 

 peninsula) to cape Sue. 



Equipment: A rented house for the station and 7 

 apartments for the staff. A set of hydrological 

 and meteorological instruments. Considerable 

 scientific equipment is expected this year. The 

 Chief Fisheries Department is allotting this 

 simimer a marine motor drifter for research work. 



iSta^: Director, A. N. Roganov (specialist in marine 

 mammals). Economist, M. F. Kossov. Assist- 

 ants, B. I. Badamshin, F. A. Aliev. Technical 

 staff: 8 per-sons. The scientific staff is to be 



