JOURNAL: Fish Farmer Vol. 21, part 5, containing an article entitled A Clouded Future, but Conwy wont be Forgotten by Stuart Banks. Reviews the history and work of the Conwy laboratory, following the decision to close the site and transfer the work to existing facilities at Weymouth and Lowestoft. Includes the history of the construction of the mussel purification tanks, the experiments in oyster breeding and research into other types of shellfish, including more recent research into Dover sole and scallop cultivation.

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Records of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Benarth Road, ConwyCD3

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS:CD3/1

LABORATORY RECORDS:CD3/2

NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS:CD3/3

PUBLISHED MATERIAL:CD3/4

LEAFLET illustrating shellfish, plants and other marine life of the shore and sea.CD3/4/1

LEAFLET illustrating seawater fish.CD3/4/2

REPRINT: Report on Investigations towards the Improvement of Fisheries in West Wales by Charles L Walton, Zoological Dept., University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Second report of work done by the Zoological Dept., largely a preliminary survey of the shellfisheries of Milford Haven, with an introduction by H J Fleure.CD3/4/3

REPRINT: Notes on Inshore Fisheries of Cardigan Bay by Fred W Durlacher and C L Walton, M.Sc., Zoological Dept., University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Third report on work done in the Zoological Dept. towards the improvement of inshore fisheries in Cardigan Bay, with an introduction by H J Fleure.CD3/4/4

BOOKLET: Observations on the History of Public Health Effort in Manchester by James Niven M.A., M.B., LL.D. Includes a substantial reference to cases of enteric fever due to eating polluted Conwy mussels in the early years of the 20th century.CD3/4/5

BOOK: Report on Mussel Purification by R W Dodgson, Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Shellfish Research Station, Conwy.CD3/4/6

BOOKLET: Food Fakes: Ancient and Modern by E Gabriel Jones M.Sc.CD3/4/7

BOOKLET: The Relation of Food to Disease by Stanley Dixon M.Sc. Includes references to oysters and mussels and to Dodgsons research in Conwy.CD3/4/8

PAMPHLET: guide to the use of Chloros disinfectant and deodorant.CD3/4/9

BOOKLET: The Bacteriological Examination of Molluscan Shellfish by L F L Clegg and H P Sherwood. Reprinted from The Journal of Hygiene, Vol. 45, No.,4.CD3/4/10

BOOKLET: Marine Bacteriology by C E ZoBell. Reprinted from Annual Review of Biochemistry.CD3/4/11

BOOKLET: Safe Shell-Fish by H P Sherwood B.A., senior naturalist on the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.CD3/4/12

BOOKLET: A Preliminary Course of Hygiene including Hygienic Food Handling by Guy Bonsfield M.D., B.S.CD3/4/13

PAMPHLET: guide to the use of Stabilised Bleaching Powder (tropical chloride of lime).CD3/4/14

LEAFLET: A Review of some of the Shellfish Research Undertaken at the Fisheries Laboratories in 1971 by P C Wood, [Burnham-on-Crouch] and Dr P R Walne [Conwy]. Includes a bibliography.CD3/4/15

LEAFLET: The Fisheries Experiment Station, Conwy jointly by the Fisheries Laboratory at Burnham-on-Crouch and the Fisheries Experiment Station at Conwy.CD3/4/16

LEAFLET: A Review of Some of the Shellfish Research Undertaken at the Fisheries Laboratory in 1972 by P R Walne and P C Wood. Includes details of a study of the productivity of re-laid mussel seed at Tal-y-Foel in the Menai Straits; trials started at Conwy in 1971 to study the comparative effectiveness of some of the wide variety of lobster baits in use around Britain; reports of the monitoring of oyster culture at Conwy; the Pacific oyster spat in North Wales; list of scientific papers published by the Burnham and Conwy staff in 1972.CD3/4/17

LEAFLET: A Review of Some of the Shellfish Research Undertaken at the Fisheries Laboratories in 1973 by P R Walne and P C Wood. Includes report on the continued study of re-laid mussel seed at Tal-y-Foel and the culture of the Pacific oyster as CD3/1/1/1. Also prawn cultivation research at Conway, list of scientific papers published by Burnham and Conway Staff in 1973 and a list of previously published Shellfish Information leaflets.CD3/4/18

LEAFLET: A Review of the Shellfish Research Undertaken at the Fisheries Laboratories in 1974 by P R Walne and P C Wood. Includes reports on Welsh coast lobster population studies; tests of the damage caused to mussels being dropped [from varying heights]; continued reports re Pacific oyster spat as /17 and /18 above; details of experiments in the Menai Straits to assess the damage caused to oysters and mussel stocks when they are vulnerable to attack by crabs; experiments at Conwy on the tolerance of prawns to re-use of water and a list of scientific papers published by Burnham and Conwy staff in 1974.CD3/4/19

NEWSLETTER of MAFF Directorate of Fisheries Research. Includes editorials, articles, diary of meetings, reports, open days, staff changes and library accessions list. One article concerns a survey of the North Sea area to assess the distribution and abundance of both commercial and non-commercial species.CD3/4/20

BOOKLET: Fisheries Research, A Brief Description of the Work Being Done in the Ministrys Fisheries Laboratories. Outlines the work of the seven laboratories, which made up the Directorate, including the one at Conway.CD3/4/21

NEWSLETTER: MAFF Directorate of Fisheries Research. Includes staff news and articles, sports and social club news, library accession list, scientific papers written by Directorate staff, diary of meetings and research vessel cruises. Also includes an article on major staff changes at Conwy and an article, with photographs, about attempts to assemble all the Conwy staff for a photograph, both by Steve Lockwood.CD3/4/22

ARTICLE: Conwy Comes Full Circle by Hilary Hoad. Charts the history of the laboratory from the early days up to the time of writing.CD3/4/23

JOURNAL: The DFR Newsletter with a leading article by Brian Spencer about the closure of the Conway mussel purification tanks. Recalls occasional heated disputes between warring mussel men and gives some of their nicknames: Will Pictures, Jack 'Shitshot' and Twm 'Bashum'. Refers to the move to install a modern plant based on the indoor, high density, UV system, to replace the original tanks, which now fail to meet the standards of EC regulations.CD3/4/24

JOURNAL: Fish Farmer Vol. 21, part 5, containing an article entitled A Clouded Future, but Conwy wont be Forgotten by Stuart Banks. Reviews the history and work of the Conwy laboratory, following the decision to close the site and transfer the work to existing facilities at Weymouth and Lowestoft. Includes the history of the construction of the mussel purification tanks, the experiments in oyster breeding and research into other types of shellfish, including more recent research into Dover sole and scallop cultivation.CD3/4/25

ARTICLE [proof copy] submitted for publication in Shellfish News, No. 8, entitled Goodbye Conwy. Reviews the history and activities of the shellfish industry in Conwy and North Wales, following the decision made [in July 1998] to close the Conwy Laboratory.CD3/4/26

ACTS AND BILLS:CD3/5

MISCELLANEOUS:CD3/6