Marine Science Affairs 



To strengthen these governmental marine science programs, the Council 

 created four interagency committees to coordinate policies and programs 

 and to develop recommendations as to issues requiring Council-level atten- 

 tion.^ These committees, which report to the Vice President, are : 

 Marine Research, Education, and Facilities 

 Ocean Exploration and Environmental Services 

 Food-from-the-Sea 

 Multiple Use of the Coastal Zone 



Additionally, at the request of the Vice President, the Secretary of State 

 has established a fifth committee on International Policy in the Marine 

 Environment, to serve the mutual interests of the Council and the Depart- 

 ment of State. 



The Marine Sciences Council's professional staff of 14 persons includes 

 specialists in ocean sciences, engineering, national security affairs, public 

 administration, law, economics, and international relations. The Council 

 staff serves to identify policy issues, to develop and analyze facts, and to 

 propose alternative plans for Council deliberation and action. 



More than 40 consultants contribute as needed to the work of the Council. 



Council staff maintains communication with many public and private 

 groups — with the Congress, key officials of the Executive Office of the Presi- 

 dent, Federal and State agencies, industry, the academic community, and 

 professional societies — -to insure that considerations affecting all marine 

 science interests are brought to the attention of the Council, and to interpret 

 Government-wide plans and policies. Consultations have also been under- 

 taken with senior policy officials in more than a dozen countries and numer- 

 ous international bodies with which the U.S. has or contemplates coopera- 

 tion in marine science policies and programs. 



Rote off the Marine Sciences Commission 



The Marine Sciences Act also provides for an independent advisory 

 Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources, to be com- 

 prised of fifteen members appointed by the President from Federal and State 

 Governments, industry, laboratories, and other marine science institutions, 

 together with four members of Congress designated to serve as advisers 

 to the Commission.^ 



" Details of scope are given in Appendix C. These committees were established on 

 September 18, 1967, as the successors to the Interagency Committee on Oceanography 

 of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. 



'The President appointed the Commission on January 9, 1967. Dr. Julius A. 

 Stratton, Chairman of the Board of the Ford Foundation, was named Chairman, and 

 Dr. Richard A. Geyer, Head of the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M Uni- 

 versity, Vice Chairman. Other members of the Commission are : Dr. David A. Adams, 



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