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carried out in close cooperation with the 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 



DEPARTMENTS OF METEOROLOGY AND 



APPLIED MATHEMATICS OF NEW YORK 



UNIVERSITY 



At New York University, with the support 

 of the Beach Erosion Board and the Office 

 of Naval Research, methods of forecasting 

 ocean waves and surf from synoptic weather 

 data are being studied in the Department 

 of Meteorology, and theoretical problems 

 concerning the transformation of waves in 

 shallow water are being investigated in the 

 Institute of Applied Mathematics. Several 

 students are at present working towards ad- 

 vanced degrees in physical oceanography. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



In recognition of the necessity for a knowl- 

 edge of oceanography in conservation work 

 in marine fisheries, the Department of Con- 

 servation at Cornell University has main- 

 tained an oceanographer on its staff since 

 1949. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY INSTITUTE 



Chesapeake Bay and its estuaries are the 

 principal avenue of commerce for border- 

 ing communities, and a medium for dis- 

 posal of the waste of major industries. In 

 addition, the Bay provides a resort area for 

 vacationing tity dwellers. Crabs, oysters 

 and fish of the Bay provide a major liveli- 

 hood for the peoples of Maryland and 

 Virginia. During the past fifty years the 

 oysters and some of the fish have become 

 badly depleted, resulting in poverty and 

 decay of many once prosperous commu- 

 nities. 



The problem of maximum utilization of 

 Chesapeake Bay for human benefit cannot 

 be solved without a more comprehensive 

 understanding of the physical, chemical, 

 geological, and biological processes in the 

 Bay. Accordingly, in 1948 the states of 

 Maryland and Virginia, in cooperation with 

 the Office of Naval Research and the United 

 States Fish and Wildlife Service, sponsored 

 the establishment at the Johns Hopkins 

 University of the Chesapeake Bay Insti- 



tute, to be supported initially by funds 

 from the two states and from the Navy, 

 and eventually, it is hoped, at least in part 

 from private endowment funds. 



At present, the annual budget of the 

 institute is approximately $1()(),0()(), con- 

 tributed in equal parts by the states of 

 Maryland and Virginia and the Office of 

 Naval Research. 



An adequate laboratory building has 

 been acquired at Annapolis to house the 

 small professional staff, and a specially 

 designed research vessel, the Matthew 

 Fontaine Maury, has been constructed. 

 Close cooperation with the state biological 

 laboratories of Maryland and Virginia, as 

 well as with faculty members from several 

 departments of the University is main- 

 tained. 



UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MARINE 



LABORATORY 



The University of Miami, through the staff 

 at its Marine Laboratory, offers instruction 

 in marine biology, fisheries, and other 

 phases of oceanography, including geology. 

 Research in these fields is conducted by 

 the permanent staff in the coastal waters 

 of Florida and to a lesser extent in other 

 parts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Carib- 

 bean. Three motor boats are maintained 

 for coastal work and others are chartered 

 from time to time for more extensive work 

 at sea. 



The marine fishery program is supported 

 partially by the Florida State Board of 

 Conservation, and partially by smaller sums 

 from various West Indian government 

 agencies. It is concerned with the fisheries 

 characteristic of sub-tropical Atlantic 

 waters. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish 

 and Wildlife Service, the Atlantic States 

 Marine Fisheries Commission, the Gulf 

 States Marine Fisheries Commission, State 

 fishery agencies. West Indian government 

 agencies, and the fishing industry, the Ma- 

 rine Laboratory conducts annual sessions of 

 the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 

 to exchange information on problems of 

 the sports and commercial fisheries of the 

 region. 



