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frcn the U. P>. pLire^.T' of Fisheries, not only 'by the speclnl detfLil 

 of its ships, hv.t -^Iso on its roiitine criTises in continental wters 

 in connection 'vith fisheries st^idies. In t^^is field the Biolop-ic".l 

 Fo-,rd of CanndP.. is "^Iso nn nctive le^'der. 



C. PrOViaiCN CF LAPCPATOFV FACILITIES Oil SHO^E 



Acts of Congress (PngellSy .luthorize t^'e una of the research 

 fr'-cilities (hence the scientific Ip-borptories ) of the U. 3. Govern- 

 ment Yr- scientific Investipn tors generpll:-", so f.^r •^s the officers 

 in ch-rge m".y determj^ne. 



The Eure'^u of Fisheries, ^^.t its t^vo nin.rine Ir-hor^.tories rt 

 ^'''oods Hole, M^^.ss. an'-i at Beaufort, :T. C, offers facilities fo." 

 visiting students of marine prohle^ns and supplies' them with pj i 

 apparatus, etc. , demanding onlj V''-'^ t their researches s'^^all in sorre 

 way be germane to f^e "biological problems with which the Bureau is 

 concerned, r. proviso that covers practically t' e \v'"o].e field of 

 Fiodern Oceanography. Gimilrr f-.cilities are of-^ered, with a simi- 

 lar proviso, by the Biological Boprd of Can-'da at its biological 

 laboratories nt St. Andrews, N. B. , at Halifax, H. S. , p.nd at Ean- 

 almo, B. C. The Scripps Institution of ocennogrrphy at La Joll'" , 

 C-^lifotnia (belonging to t'-'e st-.te supported University of Cali- 

 fornia^) ^.Iso offers the hospitality/ of its l-^borrtorv to workers 

 who •■'.re qu'-lified to carry on investigations in vrrious phases of 

 oceanogranhy, as does the Friday Harbor Station of the University 

 of Wa sh inn-t on . 



All these l."boratoriea , being situated -^ t the sershore, of.'f'er 

 temporrry headquarters for .^ny sort of m.'^rine exploration that 

 might be carried out xn these n^rtici-"^ "!r sectors under the auspices 

 of the proposed institution. In t}-'is one respect the requirements 

 .^re f-erefore fairly well covered for isol-^ted proiects. The gen- 

 eral rel^'tionsiiip th-at the Bur-.^au of Fisheries m"lnt';,ins with educ- 

 ational institutions throurhout Americ^^ "■Iso warrants the prophesA'' 

 th.^t it would always be able to find t.^.ble sp^ce ( ". s it "/ov"id cer- 

 gainly offer the fncilities of its Librar-^) for tl^e visiting ocem- 

 ographer at its Washington headquarters, o^^ercroviz-ded though this 

 now i 3 . 



The C'-Iiforni" Fisheries Com-"^:' ssicn can nlso accomodate an oc- 

 c". siona] visitor at its Fisheries Laborator-' "t Terininnl Is]'^nd, 

 near S-n Pedro, G"l., where he wil] find si'' nle accomodation nnd a 

 convenient Library. 



The U. S. N'-tional ¥useum also offers hospitality, and expert 

 assistance, to students engaged in classifying "nd describinE coll- 

 ections of marine animals. 



In the fie.ld of instrum.entM] development--one of the m.O'^-t im- 

 portant in modern Ocea.nogr'^'phv--the nrospect for governmental ass- 

 istance is equ'".ll7)r rosy, for the U. S. Bure'^.u of St^nd^rds offers 

 unique laboratory- facilities, and already has xn successful opern- 

 tion a nlan for cooperative rase arch in this field. Under this-'- 

 -"- Quoted fr om Circul^'r 2Po, Bure^'u of S tandards , Forewor d. 



"it m' has research possible for an^" organization b" loaning equip- 



