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the collections at sea must be Worked out under favourable
conditions and
to this end a marine laboratory becomes a
necessity.
A laboratory for shery research must be fully
equipped both with staff and accommodation for study in
any branch of science.
There must be biologists who can
deal with the collections of animals and plants made at »
sea;
there must be chemists to study the salinity of the
water samples and gain an insight into the movements of
the water masses, to study the gases and other dissolved
substances in the sea water and note their interrelation
with the distribution of animals and plants as shown by the
'biologists ; physical observations of temperature and light
penetration must be worked out; and there remain the
statistical details on sh populations and catches_to be
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dealt with, for which a speCial mathematical knowledge
is required.
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But
such laboratories will be concerned purely
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with research on the .sheries and the-economic applications
of science, others are required in which research of a more
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fundamental
character
may
be
carried
out.
In
such
laboratories problems, which to the lay mind appear
at
rst sight to
no
bearing on shery research, are
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studied.
It is quite a common occurrence in scientic. .
research that an observation apparently of a very isolated
and inconsequent nature may be developedlater into an
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instrument with far reaching practical results.
Opportunitÿ
is aorded in these laboratories for workers from universities,
both, of our ,_own and other countries, to study many bio,
logica1 problems
of
medical or other nature (see page 15).
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The investigation into the best methods of prieserving
sh for food by freezing, and the eects of refrigeration .
on
the actual values of the sh esh, is a subject that
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is now receiving; considerable attention, and much study
this kind can be carried out in laboratories,
of
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which would -beinvaluable to the shing industry.