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DR. J. F. G. WHEELEK, lately director of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research Incorporated, has been appointed marine biologist in Mauritius. Dr. Wheeler was assistant lecturer in zoology at the University of Bristol and during 1924- 31 was naturalist on board the R.R.S. Discovery engaged on whaling investigations in the Antarctic, before taking up his duties at Bermuda. The object of the Mauritius appointment is to obtain for Mauritius the services of an expert to examine the marine and freshwater fisheries with a view to the possible establishment of a permanent fisheries control organization to improve existing nutrition standards of the islanders. It is hoped that Dr. Wheeler's researches may be a prelude to the establishment of a Fisheries Department for Mauritius as a permanent institution. The present scheme for the development of the island's fisheries has been made possible by a free grant up to £4,500 under the Colonial Develop -ment and Welfare Act, 1940.
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Fisheries of Mauritius: Appointment of Dr. J. F. G. Wheeler. Nature 152, 408 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152408b0
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