As of 2010, the FBA hosted both published and unpublished collections, two specialist libraries and varieties of long term data sets from sites of scientific significance. It is managed by the Chief Executive who was assisted by 25 staff (17 full-time equivalents). By year ending 31 March 2020, the number had fallen to 15 employees, 6 trustees and 3 volunteers.[10]
A board of trustees, elected by the members, guide the strategic direction of the Association in line with the charitable objectives. The FBA is a registered charity, number 214440 and a company limited by guarantee, registration number 263162, England.
Activities
The FBA is involved in many activities which include the support of Science through the use of its location in The Lake District in Cumbria and alongside the River Frome, East Stoke in Dorset and uses its location to support scientific work by providing specialist facilities and equipment. It is also involved in research through grants and studentships given to young scientists, and has made provisions for information services, from its freshwater libraries, to its information collection titled "FreshwaterLife", to its reference collection "The Fritsch Collection".[11] Finally, many publications and analysis guides are also published by the FBA, with records of freshwater information.[12]
The FBA also runs many meetings and courses for specialism in freshwater biology, holding an Annual Scientific Meeting.
In September 2008 the FBA launched a series of conferences in aquatic biology. The first of these was entitled "Multiple Stressors in Freshwater Ecosystems".[13] The second, in April 2010, had the theme of "Integrated Catchment Management".
Notable scientists
Clifford H. Mortimer (1911–2010) Worked from 1935 conducting chemical analysis of lake water[14] and then after the war as physical limnologist[15]
Directors have included E. Barton Worthington, secretary to and first full–time director of the Freshwater Biological Association from 1937 to 1946.[1]
^LeCren, E.D. (1979). "The first fifty years of the Freshwater Biological Association". Forty-Seventh Annual Report(PDF). Freshwater Biological Association. pp. 27–42. Archived from the original(PDF) on 21 August 2021.
