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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



size, present quite varied conditions, and, being 

 largely enclosed, can be investigated in practically 

 all weathers. 

 Organization to which attached: Biological Board of 



Canada. 

 Purposes: The provision of facilities for fundamental 

 investigation of the problems presented by both 

 fresh and salt water. The investigation of the 

 waters in and near the eastern part of Canada, in 

 particular, of the so-called Maritime provinces, 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward 

 Island, with a view to providing a proper basis 

 for the conduct of the fisheries. 

 (Scope of activities: Physical and chemical investiga- 

 tions of the sea and other waters; general bio- 

 logical investigations; special fishery investiga- 

 tions. 

 Equipment: Laboratories, etc. — Main laboratory, 

 destroyed by fire in 1932, being rebuilt as fire- 

 proof structure for year round use; part for offices, 

 individual and general laboratories accommodat- 

 ing 16 investigators, storerooms, and experimental 

 aquaria, tanks and constant temperature units, 

 erected in 1932. Fish-handling building, with 

 freezing and cold storage facilities, equipment for 

 rough handling of native material and carpenter 

 shop. Two other buildings with simple labora- 

 tory accommodation for summer use. Experi- 

 mental concrete and earth ponds. Inlet or cove 

 with dam near mouth, and provided with pools 

 for experiments in control of tidal interchange 

 and freshwater inflow. Pools for trout rearing. 



Vessels and boats. Zoarches, 90 feet long, 

 Diesel crude oil engine of 75 H.P., .speed 8 knots, 

 cruising radius 1000 miles; with power winch, 

 otter trawl, deck laboratory, and large hold 

 amidships for experimental work. 



Delphine, 28 feet long, high-speed gasoline 

 engine, 12 H.P., speed 10| knots. 



Sagitta, 24 feet long, low speed gasoline engine, 

 6 H.P., .speed 6 knots. 



Gear for hydrography, plankton collecting, 

 dredging, and fishing. 



Main residence, bedrooms for 34 persons, dining 

 room for 44 persons. 



Double cottage, each half with living room, 

 bathroom, and bedrooms for four persons. 



Double cottage, each half equipped with bed- 

 rooms, bathroom, living room, kitchen and 

 dining room for a family of six. 

 Staff: Director, A. H. Leim. A.ssistant Pathologist, 

 R. H. M'Gonigle. Assistant Hydrographer, H. B. 



Hachey. Assistant Zoologist, R. A. McKenzie. 

 Scientific Assistant, A. A. Blair. Clerical: 2. 

 Maintenance and operation: 4. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Insofar as ac- 

 commodation may be available, properly qualified 

 and accredited investigators are welcomed, irre- 

 spective of the problems upon which they may be 

 engaged, and given available facilities insofar as 

 no expense to the biological Board is involved. 

 Reports on work done are expected of all investiga- 

 tors by the end of the year as evidence of bona- 

 fides. 

 Income: The Government of Canada furnishes the 

 funds for the operation, the amount for the fiscal 

 year April, 1936 to March, 1937, being $44,400.00. 

 Provision for publication of results: The Biological 

 Board of Canada has the following publications, 

 in which the results of work done at the Atlantic 

 Biological Station appear. 



Annual Report. 



Journal, a volume of about 500 pages usually 

 appearing each year, containing accounts of con- 

 tributions to knowledge. 



Bulletins of the Biological Board of Canada, 

 for the comprehensive presentation of knowl- 

 edge on particular subjects under investigation 

 and in somewhat non-technical form. 



Canadian Atlantic Fauna. Succinct descrip- 

 tions of the species, with keys for ready identifica- 

 tion and with figures illustrating diagnostic 

 features. 



Progress Reports of the Atlantic Stations, sim- 

 ple accounts of discoveries likely to appeal to the 

 general reader interested in fisheries. 



With the approval of the Board investigators 

 may publish articles in outside journals. 



Prince Edward Island Marine Station ('37) 



(A sub-station of the Atlantic Biological Station, 



St. Andrews, N. B.) 



History or origin: Established in 1929. Present 



building constructed in 1930. 

 Location: Ellerslie, P. E. I. The station is on a 



.shallow inlet tributary to Malpeque Bay, P. E. I. 

 Organization to which attached: Biological Board of 



Canada. 

 Purposes: Chiefly for scientific investigations bearing 



on oyster culture. Also for general oceanographic 



and fisheries investigations of the Biological 



Board. 

 Scope of activities: Research only. (See Purposes). 

 Equipment: Space for six scientific investigators. 



