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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fisheries Research Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch:...

Catalogue reference: MAF 342

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MAF 342

This series contains registered files recording research work on shellfish carried out at the Fisheries Research Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch. Subjects include the use of chemicals in predator control, cockles in South Wales and lobster disease...

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MAF 342

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fisheries Research Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch: Registered Files, Shellfish Research (BLR Series)
Date

1958-1982

Description

This series contains registered files recording research work on shellfish carried out at the Fisheries Research Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch. Subjects include the use of chemicals in predator control, cockles in South Wales and lobster disease control.

Early files contain pre-1975 papers re-registered from the FLR series, shared with the Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory until June 1975: MAF 336

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

BLR file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Division I, Fisheries Laboratories, 1965-1974
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Research, 1976-1981
Physical description

6 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Accumulation dates

1975

Administrative / biographical background

In April 1997 the Burnham laboratory became part of an executive agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the headquarters of which are at Lowestoft, the Centre for Environmental, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10742/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fisheries Research Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch: Registered Files, Shellfish Research (BLR Series)