52 ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES 



Specifically, the Secretary of the Interior would be authorized and' 

 directed to— 



1. Provide funds thi'ough grants to qualified scientists, re- 

 search laboratories, institutions, or other non-Federal agencies, 

 in furtherance of the pui'poses of the act. 



2. Replace, modernize and enlarge the number of oceangoing 

 ships being used for research, exploration, survejdng, and the 

 development of ocean and Great Lakes research by the Depart- 

 ment. 



3. Conduct and operate shore facilities and laboratories, includ- 

 ing biological, technological and instrumentation laboratories 

 adequate to support the above fleet. 



4. Cooperate with other departments and agencies, including 

 agencies of the several States, in the conduct of ocean surveys 

 from which data relative to the study of ocean resources may be 

 obtained. 



5. Conduct studies of the economic and legal aspects of com- 

 mercial fisheries and the utilization of marine products. 



6. Cooperate with other departments and agencies, including 

 agencies of the several States, in conducting studies of the effects 

 of radioactive elements on marine hfe. 



7. Determine reserves of metals and mineral resources in and 

 beneath any accessible portion of the oceans, seas, gulfs and Great 

 Lakes which have industrial, commercial or monetary value, and 

 ascertain techniques and probable costs of recovery and extrac- 

 tion. 



8. Cooperate with other governmental agencies, the States,. 

 educational institutions, laboratories, industries and other organ- 

 izations and individuals who may be of assistance in furthering 

 the development and utilization of ocean, estuarine and Great 

 Lakes resources. 



9. Encourage and assist in taxonomic studies of marine organ- 

 isms and in providing facilities for their preservation and sciea- 

 tific classification. 



10. Expand communications facilities and services to enable 

 transmission of oceanographic and fisheries data between ships at 

 sea and shore stations operated by the Bureau of Commerical 

 Fisheries. 



IL Establish with the National Science Foundation a program 

 of education and training in the marine sciences. 



12. Take such further action as the Secretary finds will accom- 

 plish the purposes of the act. 

 There can be no question but that all of these activities are necessary 

 if the U.S. fisheries industry is to meet the aggressive competition of 

 many other nations, including Soviet Russia, and to survive as a 

 potent force in the Nation's economy. 



Voluminous testimony was given during hearings on S. 901 of the 

 handicaps the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries has had to endure in 

 recent years while attempting to meet its statutory responsibilities. 

 Although the Bureau still retains many capable and dedicated 

 scientists and technicians they have been frustrated in achieving maxi- 

 mum results by lack of suitable ships for research, lack of laboratory 

 space, lack of scientific instruments, lack of operating funds. 



