absence of mutual interests among agencies, and difficulties in coordination 

 are all features of Soviet ocean policymaking and are severe enough to 

 receive widespread attention in Soviet publications. 



The major part of the planning for the program to follow the IDOE in 

 1980 was completed by a major workshop held in Seattle during September 

 1977. Some 80 participants, including marine and social scientists, labora- 

 tory administrators, Federal agency officials, industrial managers, and 

 foreign scientists discussed the research needs and opportunities for large- 

 scale, long-term oceanographic research during the 1980's. The basis for 

 the discussions was a series of disciplinary workshops held in spring 1977 

 at the University of Rhode Island to identify promising new scientific direc- 

 tions for ocean research in the 1980s, plus extensive comments by mail 

 from the marine affairs community. 



A report summarizing the recommendations of the disciplinary work- 

 shops, Ocean Research in the 1980's, and the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences report, The Continuing Quest, based on all the planning activities, 

 were released during the summer of 1978. 



The major finding is that a program of cooperative ocean research should 

 evolve from IDOE, and that it support fundamental research designed to 

 generate new scientific knowledge about the oceans and their interactions 

 with the land and air. This new program would in turn provide a rational 

 basis for understanding and governing human activities that impinge on 

 the marine environment. The report envisages a broadening of the kinds 

 of projects sponsored by the program, compared to those supported by 

 IDOE. Like IDOE, however, the projects would be distinguished by their 

 scientific quality and significance; an identifiable relation to issues of broad 

 social significance; cooperation among scientists from different disciplines, 

 institutions, and countries; and large size and long duration. 



The National Science Foundation is now reviewing these recommenda- 

 tions. The results of this review will be described in next year's Progress 

 Report. 



