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THE administration report of the Marine Biologist (A. H. Malpas) for the year 1936 (Part 4, Education and Art (G), Ceylon, 1937) states that the Advisory Committee of the Colonial Development Fund has recommended the offer of a grant of Bs. 87,500, from the fund, to meet the cost of the erection and equipment of a fisheries research station and hatchery in accordance with the scheme approved by the Ministry of Local Administration and submitted to the Secretary of State in 1935. Provision of Rs. 175,000 has been included in the Schedule to the Public Works Loan Ordinance to meet the cost of erection and equipment of an aquarium to complete the scheme. The aquarium is a necessary adjunct to the research station in that its large aquaria tanks will provide essential facilities for investigation and research into the bionomics of food fishes and other marine and freshwater animals of economic importance. Besides this it is proposed to establish fish culture ponds within easy reach of Colombo and to purchase a demonstration fishing vessel—a Yorkshire motor coble with auxiliary sail. The department's research vessel Nautilus is to be replaced by a somewhat smaller teak-built vessel with diesel engine, which will be equipped with various types of modern fishing gear and essential research apparatus. This, in conjunction with the coble, will undertake a comprehensive scheme of fisheries research in the coastal waters.
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Marine Biology in Ceylon. Nature 141, 867 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141867a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141867a0