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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



Equipment: Standard laboratory equipment, in- 

 cluding boats, collecting devices, samplers (bot- 

 tom, plankton, water, etc.), chemical equipment 

 for four specialists, running water both fresh and 

 ocean, constant temperature baths, diving equip- 

 ment (hood and bentharium), photographic 

 facilities, pier, Weather Bureau station, micro- 

 scopes, etc. 

 Staff: Director: Dr. R. V. Truitt, University of 

 Maryland. 

 Marine Ecologist: Dr. C. L. Newcombe, Univer- 

 sity of Maryland. 

 Ichthyologist: Dr. Vadim D. Vladykov (Perma- 

 nent member of staff). 

 Chemist : Mr. William Home (Permanent member 



of staff). 

 Diatomist: Mr. Paul S. Conger, Carnegie Insti- 

 tution of Washington. 

 Physiologist: Dr. Norman E. Phillips, University 



of Maryland. 

 Secretary: Miss Erma Dixon. 

 Captain of Craft: Harvey Mister. 

 On the Executive Committee of the Laboratory 



are: 

 Dr. David Robert.son, President, Goucher College. 

 Dr. H. C. Byrd, President, University of Mary- 

 land. 

 Dr. Gilbert W. Mead, President, Washington 



College. 

 Dr. Fred Holloway, President, Western Maryland 



College. 

 Dr. R. V. Truitt, Director {Ex officio). 

 Provision for visiting investigators: Space available 



for six or eight investigators. 

 Income: State supported in.stitution with funds 

 that vary from time to time according to problems 

 presented. $8,500 is appropriated annually for 

 maintenance of Laboratory proper, while cooperat- 

 ing institutions support personnel. 

 Provision for 'publication of results: As yet, no pro- 

 vision has been made for publication of results 

 though prospects for funds with which to accom- 

 plish this end are good. 



Massachusetts 



Department of Oceanography at the Museum of 



Comparative Zoology ('37) 



History or origin: The department was organized 



because of Alexander Agassiz's interest in the sea. 



Location: Cambridge, Mass. 



Organization to which attached: Harvard University. 

 Purposes: The care and study of marine collections, 

 instruction in oceanographic research. 



Scope of activities: The main limitation is the fact 



that no running salt water is available in the 



laboratory. 

 Equipment: The very exceptional library of the 



Museum is the most noteworthy aid to research. 

 Staff: Scientific: Dr. Henry B. Bigelow; C. Iselin. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: There is limited 



space for properly qualified investigators and 



students. 

 Income: The Alexander Agassiz Fellowship in 



Oceanography and other endowment. 

 Provision for publication of results: The Bulletin of 



the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



North Atlantic Fishery Investigations, Section of the 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries ('37) 



{Including the U. S. Fisheries Biological Station, 

 Woods Hole, Mass.) 



History or origin: The North Atlantic Fishery 

 Investigations section was established within 

 the Division of Inquiry Respecting Foods Fishes 

 of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries in 1929. The 

 U. S. Fisheries Biological Station at Woods Hole 

 was established by the U. S. Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries in 1881. 



Location: The investigating staff has laboratory 

 facilities at the Biological Laboratories of Harvard 

 University, Cambridge, Mass., and at the U. S. 

 Fisheries Biological Station, Woods Hole, Mass. 



Organization to which attached: U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries. 



Purposes: To determine the nature and causes of the 

 fluctuations in abundance of the marine food 

 fishes of the region and to formulate and recom- 

 mend measures for the perpetuation of the 

 fishery resources. 



Scope of activities: Marine fisheries research related 

 to the purposes set forth above on the Atlantic 

 coast from Maine to Virginia, and confined mainly 

 to the waters lying within the continental slope. 

 It includes such related subjects as the physics and 

 chemistry of sea water, ocean circulation, pro- 

 duction and abundance of plankton, life histories 

 of fish, their migrations, et cetera. 



Equipment: The Fisheries Biological Station at 

 Woods Hole has a 40 foot motorship for inshore 

 work and a gasoline launch. The laboratory is 

 provided with running sea water, gas, electricity, 

 compressed air, ordinary chemical equipment, 

 aquaria, tanks, and outside enclosures for holding 

 live fish. 



Staff: Scientific: Oscar E. Sette, In charge, North 



