industries, and recreational boating. Program activities include 

 hydrographic surveying, and the compilation, reproduction, and 

 distribution of nautical charts, coast pilots, Great Lakes Pilot, and 

 other publications. 



Coastal mapping and services provide graphic and descriptive 

 coastal delineation, tidal data, and prediction services for our 

 coastal areas (including the Great Lakes). Some of the principal 

 products are hydrographic control data and coastal zone 

 information, special base-line boundary maps, coastal evacuation 

 routes, and tide tables. 



Ocean mapping, investigation, and services consist of the 

 acquisition and dissemination in suitable form of scientific data 

 necessary to the support of many types of marine activities. The 

 products include charts depicting bottom topography, ocean 

 currents, and other physical variables of importance to resource 

 conservation and development and to pollution control programs. 



OCEAN FISHERIES AND LIVING MARINE RESOURCES 



The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeks to develop 

 means to assess, protect, and allocate living marine resources for 

 their wise use and maximum benefit to man. The Service conducts 

 biological research on fish and shellfish to serve as the basis for 

 promoting the conservation and management of fishery resources. 

 Product quality research is conducted to improve and develop 

 methods for handling, processing, transporting,- and preparing 

 fishery products. Economic research is conducted on investments in 

 U.S. fisheries, product demand, foreign fishery trade, and 

 institutional barriers to the fishing industry. Marketing research 

 encourages the flow of domestic fishery products in commerce. 

 Services to the fishing industry include collection and dissemination 

 of statistics and market information. Federal assistance programs 

 provide funds to the States to study, develop, and manage fishery 

 resources. Disaster aid is provided to States suffering from 

 commercial fishery failures due to natural disasters. NMFS 

 administers a fishery loan fund for vessels and gear, a vessel 

 mortage insurance program, and a program for reimbursement of 

 costs associated with foreign seizures of U.S. fishing vessels. NMFS 

 has the responsibility for managing the Pribilof Islands fur seal 

 herds, as well as administration of the Islands. Under the Marine 

 Mammal Protection Act of 1972, a research and management 

 program is being conducted to provide for protection of marine 

 mammals. The research effort also provides basic information for 

 negotiation of international agreements as may be required. 

 Enforcement and surveillance programs assure compliance with 

 international fishery agreements and treaties and protection of 

 fishery stocks under U.S. jurisdiction from foreign fishing activity. 



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