Non-Living Resources 



Table VI 1-1 — Value of Mineral Production from Oceans Bordering the 



United States, 1960-67 



(In millloas of dollars) 

 Marine Mineral Production by Source 



Source: Department of Interior. 



Federal Programs To Facilitate Resource Development 



Offshore resources can play an increasingly important role in attaining 

 the national objective of insuring an adequate supply for the indefinite 

 future of minerals and fuels, sufficiently low in cost to stimulate economic 

 growth and sufficiently dependable to provide for emergency conditions. 

 A framework of law and public land management is essential to encourage 

 and facilitate private investment and initiative to develop offshore resources. 

 Policy decisions in turn must be based on adequate knowledge of the nature 

 and extent of offshore resources and on a full appreciation of the interaction 

 of resource exploration and exploitation and the many other uses of the 

 marine environment. Thus, Federal marine science programs are designed 

 to expand our general knowledge of the geology and resource potential 

 along our coasts and, in cooperation with industry, to stimulate the develop- 

 ment of technologies for delineating potential mineral deposits. Also, Fed- 

 eral services are directed to mapping and charting, weather and ocean 

 predictions, and safety of life and property to facilitate private offshore 

 development. 



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