Marine Science Center
[state
Olegon
university
}
Marine Science Drive
Newport, Oregon 97365
(503) 867-3011
April 10, 1981
MEMO TO:
Marine Science Commission
FROM:
Lavern J. Weber, Director, MSC
SUBJECT:
Summary of Academic Year 1980-1981 at OSU Marine Science
Center
BUILDINGS
The NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service's Research Support
Building is well into construction phase. Projected for this
building is considerable effort from the School of Oceanography.
Dr. Bruce Mate, Marine mammalogist, has already requested and has
It does have a diagnostic
been granted space within this facility.
for
area isolated from the rest of the building which will be used
for
National
Marine
necropsy. At the moment there are no plans
Fisheries Service to staff this facility. As is the case with the
Newport Aquaculture Laboratory, this facility will be utilized by
OSU through a Memorandum of Understanding between the NMFS and
Oregon State University.
Plans for additional student housing has been temporarily susWith separation of the Spring term into a Spring and
pended.
If
Winter term, housing should be adequate for these two terms.
could soon suffer
our growth continues as it has been, summer term
from inadequate housing.
EDUCATION PROGRAM
term
This winter, 1981, we began for the first time a Winter
Fisheries
and
Wildlife
require
educational program in Aquaculture.
Science
spend
one
term
at
the
Marine
all their Fisheries students to
The
students
that
we
had
Center in their junior or senior year.
affected
by
the
new
this winter came on a voluntary basis, not yet
participating
in
the
Aquaculture
requirement. The 14 students
in the past year,
program is a slightly larger number than we had
quite
Spring 1980, and the comments we had from the students were
positive and we consider the program successful.
Oregon State University is an AA/ EEO Employer and Complies with Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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The Marine Biology program in the Spring starts its second year
with a slight increase in students from the previous year. We are
optimistic about the continued success of this program.
The Summer program remains in essence the same as in the previous
year. We had this past year a request from faculty to teach a
In consultation with Dr.
marine mammal and marine bird course.
Paul Rudy at OIMB, it was felt that this would represent a duplication
at a time when student enrollment appears to be declining at marine
I agreed therefore to not encourage the development of
stations.
this course at the present time.
A summary of student numbers and enrollments is given in the statistical section of this memorandum.
FACULTY
of
Dr. George Boehlert moved his research efforts from the School
Oceanography on campus to the Marine Science Center during the
efforts and particusummer of 1980. He is a welcome addition to our
larly fits well within the fisheries programs here at the Science
of
No other permanent resident staff have joined us as
Center.
three
this time, however, Oceanography plans to place two of their
the MSC during the
new biological oceanography positions here at
coming year.
AQUARIUM/MUSEUM
into a facelifting
This past year we have put extra monies and effort
of replacing
of the aquaria/museum. We are currently in the process
the
aquarium.
badly etched aquaria glass and in general, repairing
the
Oregon
Marine
During the past year we completed a renovation of
of
protective
guardrails
We completed replacement
Resources panel.
in the museum area.
FUTURE PLANS
in regard to
We will continue to watch the economic situation
housing.
furthering the efforts in obtaining additional student
tims.
do not have plans for other additional facilities at this
We
dormitories and
We intend to build a sidewalk between the existing
having
the Educational Building as a safety measure, rather than
No further extensive physical
students walk on the access road.
general
maintenance
are being planned.
plant programs other than
resident faculty
We hope to put further effort into recruitment of
We further plan
from OSU main campus to the Marine Science Center.
cooperation
with
to work at increasing enrollments via general
expansion
but
do
not
have
plans
for
existing academic units on campus,
of new programs at this time.
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STATISTICS
spring 1980
3i
FW
FW
FW
FW
450, 451X
455
495X
466
505
Marine Biology
Fish Culture
Molluscan Aquaculture
Invertebrate Fisheries
Fish Toxicology
Total Student Enrollment
15
11
12
10
10
28
Summer 1980
AE 407/507
Bot 480
Ed 521m,n,o
FW 455
Z 451, 452
FW 571
Bot 485X
FW 494X
FW 495X
FW 507m
10
Aquacultural Engineering Seminar
10
Marine Algae
8
The World of Water (Educ.)
13
Fish Culture
3
Invertebrate Zoology
5
Functional Ichthyology
Taxonomy and Ecol. of Marine and Est. Diatom 5
3
Diseases and Parasites of Marine Fishes
8
Molluscan Aquaculture
7
Seminar
Total Student Enrollment
42
Winter 1981
FW
FW
FW
FW
FW
FW
405B/505B
405A/505A
455
407C
466
405m/505m
FW 431
Diseases and Parasites of Marine Fishes
Molluscan Aquaculture
Fish Culture
Seminar
Invertebrate Fisheries
Fish Toxicology
Dynamics of Marine Biological Resources
Total Student Enrollment
4
8
9
7
8
5
7
14
Spring 1981
16
Marine Biology
Summer 1981 (as of April 3, 1981)
AE 450X
AREC 408
Bot 480
Bot 485X
Ed 521m,n,o
FW 455
FW 494X
FW 495X
FW 507m
FW 571
Aquacultural Engineering
Marine Economics
Marine Algae
Taxonomy and Ecology of Marine & Est. Dia.
The World of Water
Fish Culture
Diseases and Parasites of Marine Fishes
Molluscan Aquaculture
Seminar
Functional Ichthyology
4
1
1
1
0
3
0
3
1
0
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Summer 1981, cont.
FST 451
Mb 492,493
Oc 546X
Z 451,452
Current Topics
Diseases of Fish
Early Life History of Marine Fishes
Invertebrate Zoology
0
1
0
2
Total Student Enrollment
11
Resident Graduate Students (current)
Schools Utilizing and Visiting the MSC
1980
Utah State University
Oregon College of Education
Reed College
Sherman Union High
Univ. of California, Bodega Marine Lab.
Chemeketa Community College
Leigh Marine Lab, Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
12
13
19
7
2
8
1
Visitors to the Aquarium/Museum
January 1, 1979 - December 31, 1979 = 330,381
January 1, 1980 - December 31, 1980 = 328,220
298 different school groups have utilized the Extension Education Programs
for a total of 10,500 participants.
LJW:as
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Estimated FY81 Expenditures
(000)
Federal and Private Grants/Contracts -NIH
DOE
NOAA
Ship Operations
(NSF, ONR, DOE, NOAA)
Total Grants/Contracts
120
110
616
1,200
2,046
Cooperating Agencies -EPA
ODFW
Total Cooperating Agencies
State and University -Operations and Maintenance
Museum and Aquarium
Administration
Library
Oceanography
Fisheries and Wildlife
Extension Service
Sea Grant (State)
Total State
TOTAL ALL SOURCES
700
720
1,420
269
48
190
64
15
12
30
216
844
4,310
TOTALS BY SOURCE -Federal Grants/Contracts
Cooperating Agencies
State
2,046
1,420
844
47
4,310
100
33
20