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had an adverse effect on their efficiency and productivity. The findings 

 of the study should provide the basis for action or the cure for the causes 

 of labor instability in these industries. 



NSF has occasionally supported projects in economics or 

 anthropology that involve ties to the oceans. In one such project, a 

 University of Pittsburgh anthropologist is exploring what happens to 

 local communities when previously local fisheries expand to become 

 large commercial enterprises. The study is being conducted on the island 

 of Cebu in the Philippines. An earlier project examined the cultural 

 ecology of Chinese fishermen in western Malaya and included fish 

 classification, training of fishermen, catching techniques, and conserva- 

 tion practices. In another study, an anthropologist conducted research in 

 a Ghanaian fishing town to find out how residents made complicated in- 

 vestment decisions. 



Although the Smithsonian Institution, typically, does not support 

 marine-related social science projects, it has reported two pertinent 

 anthropological studies. One involves work on major sea-level fluctua- 

 tions in the coastal region of Madras and Cape Comorin, India, and an 



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