APPENDIX B— FEDERAL MARINE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES BY 

 AGENCY— Continued 



Agency 



Mission 



Department of the Interior 

 (Geological Survey; 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries 

 and Wildlife; Bureau of 

 Mines; Bureau of Land 

 Management; National 

 Park Service; Bureau 

 of Outdoor Recreation ; 

 Office of Saline Water) 



Environmental Protection 

 Agency 



Department of State 



(Agency for International 

 Development) 



Department of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare 

 (Public Health Service; 

 Office of Education ; 

 Food and Drug Admin- 

 istration) 



Atomic Energy Commission 



National Aeronautics and 



Space Administration 

 Smithsonian Institution 



Geological and geophysical studies and mineral resources 

 appraisal of continental shelves; management, con- 

 servation, and development of marine mineral re- 

 sources; acquisition, preservation, and development of 

 coastal areas; identification of sources and interrela- 

 tionships for supply of fresh water; and environmental 

 quality. 



Environmental studies, engineering development, and 

 regulatory activities for the protection of marine 

 environmental quality. 



International ocean affairs policy; negotiations with 

 foreign governments on international ocean affairs 

 problems; participation in international organizations; 

 support of international fisheries commissions. Foreign 

 assistance and food resources for developing nations. 



Human health, healthfulness of food, biomedical re- 

 search, and support of education. 



Radioactivity in the marine environment; development 

 of marine nuclear technology. 



Feasibility, design, and engineering of spacecraft and 

 sensors for ocean observations. 



Systematics and ecology of marine organisms including 

 sampling, sorting, identification, research, curation, 

 and data management; investigations of biological 

 and geological factors of oceanic environment. 



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