NOAA has been involved in a number of cooperative diving 

 programs with other nations; particularly with the United Kingdom. 

 Canada. lapan. France, and West Germany. The latest and most ad- 

 vanced program took place off the coast of Rockport. Massachusetts. 

 This program utilized the West Germany underwater laboratory Helgo- 

 land that was brought to Boston by a Polish fisheries vessel in September 

 1975. A series of 35 submersible dives had already been made by fish- 

 eries scientists from NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Center using the 

 General Oceanographic's Nekton Beta at the Helgoland dive site and the 

 nearby herring-spawning grounds. 



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