APPENDIX B— FEDERAL MARINE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES BY AGENCY 



Agency 



Mission 



Department of Defense 

 (Navy; Advanced Re- 

 search Projects Agency; 

 Army Corps of Engi- 



Department of Commerce 

 (National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administra- 

 tion; Maritime Adminis- 

 tration) 



National Science Foundation 



Department of Transporta- 

 tion (Coast Guard; Office 

 of the Secretary) 



All phases of oceanography relating to national security ; 

 naval technology, ocean charting, and forecasting; 

 civilian responsibilities: navigation, shore protection, 

 and flood protection in the coastal zones and Great 

 Lakes; harbor and coastal development, restoration, 

 environmental studies, engineering development, and 

 regulatory activities for the protection of marine en- 

 vironmental quality; lead responsibility for the 

 Chesapeake Bay studies. 



Environmental studies and engineering development 

 for the protection of marine environmental quality; 

 management, conservation, and development of living 

 marine resources; identification and development of 

 technology for evaluation and extraction of marine 

 minerals; lead responsibility for air-sea interaction 

 program and marine environmental observation and 

 prediction program; advisory services including tsu- 

 nami and hurricane warning; lead responsibility for 

 marine charting and mapping of Great Lakes, coastal, 

 and deep-ocean waters including geodesy and data 

 storage; Sea Grant colleges and programs; National 

 Oceanographic Data Center; National Oceanographic 

 Instrumentation Center; National Climatic Center; 

 National Geophysical Data Center; development of 

 data buoys; research on ship design, shipbuilding, 

 and ship operations; marine transportation and port 

 systems. 



Basic and applications-oriented oceanographic research ; 

 support of academic oceanography; lead responsi- 

 bility for polar research; the International Decade of 

 Ocean Exploration and facilities and ship support; 

 and the Ocean Sediment Coring Program of the deep- 

 sea drilling project. 



Safety and protection of life and property in port and at 

 sea; delineation and prediction of ice masses; naviga- 

 tion aids; oceanographic and meteorological obser- 

 vations; transport systems analysis and planning; and 

 environmental studies, engineering development, and 

 regulatory acdvities for the protection of marine 

 environmental quality and enforcement of fishery 

 treaties. 



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