CONTENTS 



I. OCEAN MANAGEMENT: AN EXPANDING ARENA . . 1 



Outer Continental Shelf Oil Development 1 



Coastal Zone Manegement 2 



Fishery Resources g 



Program Emphasis 10 



About This Report 11 



II. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES 13 



United Nations Law of the Sea Conference 13 



Marine Pollution 16 



Foreign Relations Aspects of United States Fisheries ... 17 



International Ocean Programs 22 



Foreign Assistance in Marine Science and Technology . 27 



III. MAN, SOCIETY, AND THE SEA— FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR 



SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 29 



Living Resource Economics 29 



Nonliving Resource Development 33 



Coastal and International Ocean Law 34 



Support to Coastal Zone Management 36 



Marine Recreation 40 



Other Social and Behavioral Studies 41 



IV. PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF THE MARINE 



ENVIRONMENT 45 



Pollution Surveillance and Control 45 



Supporting Research and Environment Monitoring .... 48 



Instrument Development for Pc'lution Detection 55 



New Techniques for Pollution Prevention and Control . . 58 



V. OCEAN ENGINEERING FOR SUBSEA OPERATIONS 61 



New Materials and Equipment 62 



Recovery Systems 65 



Acoustic Systems 67 



Research to Support Diver Operations 67 



Submersible Operator Aids 68 



Manned Undersea Activities 70 



APPENDICES 



A-l Federal Ocean Program — Agency Budgets 73 



A-2 Federal Ocean Program — Budget by Major Purpose 



Categories 74 



A-3 Detail by Subpurpose and Agency 75 



B The National Sea Grant Program 80 



C Status of the Federally Supported Fleet 80 



V 



