Marine Science Affairs 



Table VI-1— Food from the Sea in the War on Hunger 



(Obligations in thousands of dollars) 



Estimated Estimated President's 

 FY 1968 FY 1969 budget 



FY 1970 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF): 



Research and development 1, 209 2, 197 2, 197 



Demonstration plant 325 675 



BCF subtotal 



Agency for International Development (AID): 



FPC purchase 



Pilot plants 



FPC feasibility study 



Subtotal FPC 



Fishery surveys 70 50 



Investment surveys 95 100 100 



Center of competence 500 



Benefit (nutrition) study 27 



Central research " 64 1 26 



Direct fish production'' 163 778 



General technical assistance " 1, 643 1, 952 2, 269 



Subtotal, other items 1,829 2,285 3,823 



AID subtotal 2,997 2,528 4,618 



Total food from sea 4,206 5,050 7,490 



" Agrarian University and unspecified projects. 

 ^ New programs in Vietnam and Eastern Asia. 

 "^ Mostly United Nations Development Program. 



development of large aquacultural systems in fresh, brackish, or salt water 

 ponds. 



As the initial Food-from-the-Sea Program advances, a capability could 

 be established in a few years to provide protein supplement to 7 to 10 

 million people. In the longer term, FPC has the potential to meet animal 

 protein needs of over 200 million — using only a small percentage of the 

 projected world fish catch. 



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