1.5 Funding 



Initial financial support of the Asko Laboratory study was provided 

 by the Swedish Coast Guard and later by the Swedish Environment Protection 

 Board, which guaranteed resources for investigation of the acute phase 

 for a duration of one month and then requested a program for further 

 investigation of the long-term effects. A proposal based on existing 

 knowledge of the ecological conditions in the area was submitted and 

 tentatively accepted; however, no funds could be found. Consequently, 

 the investigation ceased for almost six months except for an investi- 

 gation of the Fucus fauna, carried out by IVL on a separate grant (see 

 section 7.2) and some unfinanced sampling activities by interested and 

 public-minded Asko scientists. Later, the Asko Laboratory was asked to 

 submit a new proposal to the Swedish Environment Protection Board 

 because new funds had become available. By then, the original proposal 

 had become obsolete, and a pilot study had to be carried out to provide 

 the necessary information for planning a continued study of those parts 

 of the ecosystem that still showed evidence of persistent oil impact. 

 The chemical back-up funded by OCSEAP was dependent on the biological 

 program, and so also required stepwise approval. 



In all, the Asko Laboratory investigation has been financed through 

 grants from the Swedish Environment Protection Board (Grants No. 7-548/77 

 and 7-548/78, a total of 260,000 Swedish Crowns), the Swedish Coast 

 Guard (50,000 Swedish Crowns) and Sven and Dagmar Salens Stiftelse 

 (110,000 Swedish Crowns). The IVL Fucus fauna study (Section 7.2) was 

 supported through a separate Swedish Environment Protection Board grant 

 to Mats Notini (75,000 Swedish Crowns) and an equivalent matching grant 

 from IVL. IVL has also directly supported this study through Dr. Linden's 

 continued participation after the original Asko grant was expended. 

 Finally, the N0AA-0CSEA Program has supported the study through its own 

 personnel and by funding the oil analyses. The total N0AA investment 

 was approximately 70,000 U.S. Dollars, which were BLM funds administered 

 by OCSEAP. The combined investments totaled approximately 900,000 

 Swedish Crowns or 200,000 U.S. Dollars. 



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