The Center's Laboratories:
The center contains a number of laboratories each is spe-cialized to
undertake specific activities. Below is a brief mention of each lab
activity:
-Conduct research and stud-ies in the field of fish and fish wealth
development to ensure a rational ex-ploitation and good re¬turn.
-Propose fishing grounds and quantity of fish, with due
consideration to the total allowable catch (TAC).
-Compile, identify and clas-sify the fish species present in the
Libyan wa¬ters.
-Preserve specimens of fish and exhibiting them in the museum in a
way that they can be of scientific use to students and other
visitors.
-Participate in conducting research and studies aimed to enhance and
up¬date fishing equipments and methods at sea.
Aquaculture Lab:
Conduct
special studies for developing the culture and hatching of some
local aquatic economical biotic species and the
possibility of its production.
-Culture and acclimatize wild fish, shellfish and crustacean, which
have an economic value. -Perform field and laboratory studies
on site-selection in regions, which are potentially considered most
suitable locations for farming.
-Conduct experimental research relating to the determination of best
feeding rates for the species of economical importance.
Physicochemical and marine pollution Lab:
-Conduct
research in the fields of marine chemistry and physics.
-Study chemical and physical changes and its effects on the marine
envi-ronment.
-Conduct research and studies on the spread and distribution of
petroleum oil spills and it's residues in the Libyan waters and
offers the best possi¬ble solutions to prevent its spread.
Study oil pollutants residues in marine biota (marine shellfish,
fish, sea-grass and seaweeds).
Study the concentration of trace and heavy metals in the waters,
marine biota and its impact on the marine environmental resources,
and on the human consumption.
-Conduct and publish research and studies in the field of marine
plankton and seagrass and seaweeds.
-Prepare and classify Reference Groups for marine zoo and
phyto-plankton, which are present in the Libyan inland lakes, bays
and coasts; and evaluate the quantity and quality of coastal species
of such biota.
-Focus on economically important marine plankton and seaweed species
in lakes and salt marshes, and in particular those, which may have a
potential utilization in Aquaculture.
-Study seagrass and seaweeds to determine the possibility of
exploiting it in the industry in cooperation with relating
institutes.
-Perform special studies to determine the biomass of marine zoo and
phytoplankton, and their rates of fertility and productivity.
-Establish a Reference Collection Herbarium.
-Study the swamps that spread along the coast and the possibility of
utilizing such water bodies to obtain living feed (Artemia and
Rotifers) for fish larvae and other species used in aquaculture.
Benthos Lab:
-Conduct
research and studies on abundance and distribu¬tion of benthic fauna
and its classification.
-Determine the distribution and density of benthic fauna and its
correlation with types of sediment; and establish maps of its
locations along the coastal areas of Libya.
-Conduct research and studies on the biology of benthic fauna in the
Libyan coasts that has an economical im¬portance.
-Identify the biotic relation-ships among benthic fauna.
-Conduct studies and research on the possibility of utilizing some
of the benthic fauna in some industries.
-Study the developmental ge-netics of marine benthic fau-na.
Fish disease and microbiology Lab:
-Diagnose
parasitical, mycological, bacterial and viral diseases that occur
amongst aquatic biota.
-Perform technical studies to evaluate the health situation and the
extent of com¬pliance with the hygiene requirements at landing
sites, selling markets, and fish canning factories, and contribute
to the formulation of solutions to prob¬lems and difficulties
which these locations may face, and develop methods to safeguard the
health safety of the public.
-Offer technical consultations to fishermen, workers in aquaculture
fish farms and fish canning factories on the relationship of
microorganisms and parasites with spoilages of fish and other marine
products, and on the ways that may transmit such diseases and
means of protection from these organisms and controlling it.
-Perform
research studies on microbiological organisms and parasites of
seawa¬ter, fish farms water, wells water and reservoirs
used in delivering water for fish handling and processing.
-Conduct research studies on microbiological quality of aquatic
organisms fished in local coasts or imported frozen, canned, or
smoked.
-Carry out research studies relating to health safety of fish brood-
stock, finger¬lings and the feed used to feed cultured fish
and ensure that it does not have any contagious diseases.
