Table 1.1 — Federal Marine Science Activities 



Agency Mission 



Department of Defense All phases of oceanography relating to national 



security. 

 Navy; Advanced Research Proj- Naval technology. 



ects Agency; Army Corps of Statutory Civilian Responsibilities: 

 Engineers. Great Lakes, river, harbor, coastal, and ocean 



charting and forecasting; Great Lakes, 

 river, harbor, and coastal development, res- 

 toration, and preservation. 



Department of the Interior Management, conservation, and development of 



Geological Survey; Federal marine natural resources. 

 Water Pollution Control Ad- Measurement and enforcement of water quality 

 ministration; Bureau of Com- standards. 



mercial Fisheries; Bureau of Acquisition, preservation, and development of 

 Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; coastal areas. 



Bureau of Mines; Bureau of Identification and development of technology 

 Land Management ; National for evaluation of mineral resources. 

 Park Service ; Bureau of Out- Identification of sources and interrelationships for 

 door Recreation ; Office of supply of fresh water. 

 Saline Water. 



National Science Foundation Basic and academic oceanography. 



Facilities support. 



Sea Grant Colleges and Programs 



Department of Commerce Environmental prediction and description; tsu- 



Environmental Science Services nami and hurricane warning. 

 Administration ; Maritime Ad- Charting and mapping of coastal and deep-ocean 

 ministration. waters. 



Central responsibility for air/sea interaction 



program. 

 Research on ship design, shipbuilding, and ship 



operations. 

 Marine transportation and port systems. 

 Department of Transportation, _ Safety and protection of life and property in port 

 Coast Guard. and at sea. 



Office of the Secretary Delineation and prediction of ice masses. 



Navigation aids; oceanographic and meteorolog- 

 ical observations. 

 Transport systems analysis and planning. 



Atomic Energy Commission Radioactivity in the marine environment. 



Development of marine nuclear technology. 

 Department of Health, 



Education, and Welfare Human health, healthfulness of food, biomedical 



Public Health Service ; Office of research, and support of education. 

 Education; Food and Drug 

 Administration. 



Department OF State United States' participation in international 



organizations. 

 Support of international fisheries commissions. 

 International marine policies. 

 Agency for International 



Development Foreign assistance and food resources for devel- 

 oping nations. 



Smithsonian Institution Identification, acquisition, classification, and 



ecology of marine organisms; investigations of 

 the geophysical factors of oceanic environment. 

 National Aeronautics and Space 

 Administration Feasibility, design, and engineering of space- 

 craft and sensors for ocean observations. 

 National Council on Marine 

 Resources and Engineering 



Development Policy planning and coordination ; assistance to 



the President. 



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