CONTENTS 



I. INTRODUCTION: OCEAN MANAGEMENT AND 



THE LAW OF THE SEA 1 



The Third United Nations Conference on the 



Law of the Sea 2 



Living Resources Management 5 



Program Emphasis 6 



About This Report 8 



II. OFFSHORE ENERGY-RELATED ACTIVITIES 9 



Accelerated Leasing of the Outer Continental 



Shelf 9 



OCS Environmental Studies 12 



OCS Oil and Gas Assessment 14 



Regulatory Activities 15 



Supporting Efforts 17 



Deepwater Ports 24 



Offshore Powerplants 26 



Alternate Energy Sources 28 



III. MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 31 



The Generation of the Sea Floor and 



Processes Operating at Ridge Crests 32 



Structure and Age of the Ocean Lithosphere 36 



Destruction of Ocean Crust 39 



Structure and History of Passive Continental Margins 41 

 Paleoclimatology and the Paleo-Oceanographic 



History of the Oceans 43 



Resources of the Sea Floor 46 



Processes and Properties of Modern Sedimentation ... 48 



IV. MARINE RECREATION 53 



Planning 53 



Management Support 54 



Boating 57 



Recreational Fishing 59 



