992 



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the program addresses the ocean component of the World Climate Research 

 Program (WCRP) including the design of the World Ocean Circulation 

 Experiment (WOCE) , certain tropical studies and ocean monitoring. It 

 is of fundamental interest to the United States. An important part of 

 the planning is done by the Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean 

 (CCGO) , which is jointly sponsored by IOC and the ICSU Scientific Com- 

 mittee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) . Other areas of activity include 

 advancing knowledge of fish stock management and utilization of mineral 

 resources, as well as encouragement of a system for monitoring the 

 marine environment, in which U.S. interest is also high. Additional 

 resources, if available, could be well utilized in this program, parti- 

 cularly for the CCCO which is seriously underfunded by UNESCO through 

 the IOC budget. Regular coordination of activities need to be streng- 

 thened as well as efforts to enhance training in instrumentation (e.g., 

 tide gauges for developing coastal states) . A U.S. focal point for 

 management of additional resources would be required. 



X.4.2 Development of Scientific Knowledge with a View to the 

 Rational Management of Marine Systems 



$189,850 (Division of Marine Sciences) i - a 



Studies on the marine environment and the continental margin; 

 work of Joint Panel in Oceanographic Tables and Standards with 

 ICES, SCOR, and lAPSO; remote sensing studies with ICSU, SCOR 

 and lABO; monographs, keys on fishes, geological maps with 

 CC34W; biological productivity of beaches and continental shelf 

 areas with SCOR and lABO in association with subprogram X.5.1; 

 historical studies; cooperation with IOC and other UN 

 agencies, especially on marine pollution. 



Comment ; This program is operated by the UNESCO Division of Marine 

 Sciences. The U.S. contribution to the program (project plus staff) 

 is about $100,000. The studies involved are conducted largely by a 

 number of nongovernmental organizations, most of which are associated 

 with ICSU. One option is to contribute the U.S. share of program 

 support through a special donation to UNESCO with additional resources 

 ($75,000) earmarked for direct support of the cooperating nongovern- 

 mental and intergovernmental agencies. Another option is to provide 

 the totality of recommended support directly to a single nongovern- 

 mental agent, such as ICSU, to manage. Both options would require some 

 U.S. oversight, however. A third option is to provide funds directly 

 to a U.S. agent, such as NSF or NOAA, to manage. 



^^•4.3 Ocean Services, Provision of Oceanographic Data, Information, 

 Charts and Warnings 



X.4.3.1 Development of Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) 

 $55,300 1 _ a 



In cooperation with IOC and WMO, the development of IGOSS 

 activities through meetings of experts. 



