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Oceanography 1951 



Funds for practical problems such as 

 marine borer damage and pollution are 

 provided through short term grants and 

 contracts with various federal and munici- 

 pal agencies, including the U.S. Navy. 

 Other funds are derived from gifts from 

 industry and private individuals. The an- 

 nual income available for the support of 

 the Marine Laboratory is approximately as 

 follows : 



State of Florida $45,000 



(renewable biennially) 

 Federal agencies (short term). _ 30,000 

 Other governments and municipal 



agencies 10,000 



Gifts, industrial grants and general 



funds of the University 45,000 



Total $130,000 



DEPARTMENT OF OCEANOGRAPHY AT 



THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL 



COLLEGE OF TEXAS 



The low-lying, irregular coast, broad and 

 shallow continental shelves, and peculiar 

 meteorological conditions of the Gulf of 

 Mexico give rise to a special set of oeean- 

 ographic problems of importance both to 

 the fishing industry and to oil companies 

 searching for and producing oil from be- 

 neath the sea floor. To fulfill the needs for 

 trained men and for research on these local 

 problems the Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College of Texas assembled a small staff 

 and established a Department of Ocean- 

 ography in 1949. The staff works closely 

 with the Texas Agricultural and Mechani- 

 cal Research Foundation on such problems 

 as the causes of the decline in the Louisiana 

 oyster fishery and the wave and current 

 conditions encountered by undersea pipe 

 lines. Recently a program of basic research 

 in physical oceanography of the waters of 

 the entire Gulf of Mexico has been initiated. 

 A vessel of the Fish and Wildlife Service 

 is available for this work. 



HANCOCK FOUNDATION OF THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 



The Hancock Foundation of the University 

 of Southern California has ample labora- 



tory space on the campus of the Univer- 

 sity in Los Angeles, and operates a large 

 research vessel for studies in the waters off 

 Southern California and northern Mexico. 

 Its small permanent staff is made up pri- 

 marily of biologists concerned with taxo- 

 nomic and evolutionary problems, but it 

 has also supported research in bacteriol- 

 ogy, engineering, and especially submarine 

 geology. 



DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING, 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 



Research on shore line processes and ocean 

 waves has been conducted for some years 

 by the Department of Engineering of the 

 University of California at Berkeley. Field 

 observations and hydraulic model studies, 

 as well as the development of instrumen- 

 tation, are now being supported by con- 

 tracts with the Office of Naval Research and 

 the Beach Erosion Board. The total annual 

 budget is approximately $40,000 a year. 



HAWAII MARINE LABORATORY 



The Hawaii Marine Laboratory is an integ- 

 ral part of the University of Hawaii. Its 

 central Pacific location naturally focuses at- 

 tention on the rich but relatively unstudied 

 tropical sea and the many related problems 

 in marine biology and oceanography. Facil- 

 ities include classrooms and laboratories on 

 the campus of the University in Honolulu, 

 a marine laboratory at Waikiki Beach, and 

 more extensive provisions for marine re- 

 search at Coconut Island, Oahu. The latter 

 consists of a laboratory building with pro- 

 visions for accommodating twenty investi- 

 gators, equipment for biological and phys- 

 iological research, and a 46-foot research 

 vessel. 



The University offers courses of instruc- 

 tion leading to both undergraduate and 

 graduate degrees in marine zoology. The 

 staff includes ten scientists competent par- 

 ticularly in zoology, botany and fisheries 

 biology. Training in the practical aspects 

 of marine zoology is enhanced by associa- 

 tion with the fisheries investigations of the 

 Territorial Division of Fish and Game and 



