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Atlantic Fishery Investigations and Director, 

 U. S. Fisheries Biological Station. 

 William C. Herrington, Biologist, in charge of 



haddock investigations. 

 Robert A. Ne.sbit, Assistant Biologist, in charge 



of shorefish investigations. 

 John R. Webster, Jr. Biologist, assisting in had- 

 dock investigations. 

 William C. Neville, Sr. Biological Aid, assisting 



in shorefish investigations. 

 F. E. Firth, Assistant Biological Aid, assisting in 



mackerel investigations. 

 Technical and clerical: 2. 



Maintenance and operation (provided by the 

 hatchery staff at Woods Hole). 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Laboratory 

 space and facilities are customarily provided for 

 approximately twenty visiting investigators during 

 the summer season at the Fisheries Biological 

 Station. Since the summer of 1931 such pro- 

 visions have not been made due to shortage of 

 funds. 

 Income: Source: U. S. Governmental appropriations. 

 Amount (exclusive of maintenance of biological 

 station and operation and mauitcnance of 

 vessels): Fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, 

 $58,450; fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, 

 $27,530. 

 Provision for publication of results: Results are pub- 

 lished in Bulletins of the Bureau of Fisheries and 

 Reports of the Bureau of Fisheries. 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution- ('37) 



History or origin: The Woods Hole Oceanographic 

 Institution, founded in 1930, is a research estab- 

 lishment supported by endowment made by the 

 Rockefeller Foundation, on recommendation of 

 the National Academy. While it is wholly 

 independent in organization, close association 

 with universities and other educational bodies is 

 assured through the personnel of its Board of 

 Trustees. 



Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



OrgaTiization to which attached: Independent. 



Purposes: To encourage and carry on the study of 

 oceanography in all its branches. 



Scope of activities: (1) Investigations in thermal 

 interchange between the sea surface and the 

 overlying air; (2) hydrology and dynamical 

 oceanography of the western North Atlantic and 

 adjacent waters; (3) chemistry of sea water; (4) 



' Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Annual An- 

 nouncement, fourth year, 1934-35. 



marine bacteriology; (5) zooplankton and phyto- 

 plankton; (6) problems in physiology such as 

 those of zooplankton and of respiration; (7) 

 marine sediments. There is active cooperation 

 with United States Coast Guard, United States 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States 

 Hydrographic Office, and various universities. 

 Equipment: 1 laboratory building, 4 floors, 136 x 50 

 feet. 



Through the courtesy of the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory the staff and visitors to the Woods 

 Hole Oceanographic Institution enjoy the full 

 facilities of the former's library, which makes 

 it unnecessary for the Institution to maintain 

 one of its own. 



Research ship Atlantis is a steel ketch with 

 280 H.P. Diesel engine designed for a speed under 

 power alone of about eight knots and with a suffi- 

 cient spread of canvas to sail well. The cruising 

 radius under power alone is about 3,000 miles. 

 Her dimensions are 142 ft. length over all, 29 ft. 

 beam, 17^ ft. extreme draft, about 380 tons 

 displacement. 



Gasoline launch Asterias, 40| ft. long, 12| 

 ft. broad, draft of 4 ft.; speed, nine knots; living 

 quarters for four men for short cruises. 

 Row boats are available. 



The laboratory has its own dock with ample 

 depth of water for Atlantis and a large float 

 for small boats. 



An automatic tide-gage was installed in 1932 

 by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 Staff: The staff consists of permanent scientific 

 members and of research associates appointed 

 for definite terms. The present personnel (1936) 

 is as follows: 



Director, Henry B. Bigelow, Professor of 



Zoology, Harvard University. 

 Junior Biologist, George L. Clarke, Tutor and 



Instructor, Harvard University. 

 Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, 

 C. 0. Iselin, II, Assistant Curator of Oceano- 

 graphy, Museum of Comparative Zoology. 

 Research Associate in Oceanography, A. E. 

 Parr, Curator of the Bingham Oceanographic 

 Collection, Yale University. 

 Research Associate in Physical Chemistry, 

 Norris W. Rakestraw, Associate Professor 

 of Chemistry, Brown LTniversity. 

 Senior Biologist, Alfred C. Redfield, Professor 



of Physiology, Harvard University. 

 Junior Marine Bacteriologist, C. E. Renn, 

 Harvard University. 



