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Oceanography — The Ten Years Ahead 



3. Some 19 percent of the effort will go to im- 

 prove our ability to manage resources and control 

 threats to health in the "world ocean" (11 per- 

 cent basic included in (1) above, and 8 percent 

 appl'ed). Only 15 percent of the 1963 budget can 

 be considered to serve this purpose. 



4. About 8 percent will go to discover and ex- 

 ploit resources on and under the continental 

 shelves and to protect the health of the U. S. pub- 

 lic from coastal pollution and other poisons 

 (two percent basic included in (1) above and six 

 percent applied). In 1963 this figure is about six 

 percent. 



5. Less than two percent will be applied to pro- 

 tection of lives and property ashore and safety at 

 sea. 



6. About 12 f>ercent will provide oceanographic 

 services such as nonmilitary ocean surveys, data 

 processing and archiving, and instrumentation 

 calibration and standardization which benefit all 

 members of the oceanographic community. This 

 is a drop from the 20 percent figure in 1963. 



Although much can happen to modify these 

 projections, as is explained in Chapter IV, these 

 represent the desired balance of effort weighing 

 need against manpower available and against op- 

 portunities as viewed by the federal oceanographic 

 community at the present time. In brief, emphasis 

 in this National Plan is to be placed on private 

 laboratories and universities, and on basic re- 

 search, with exploitation for peaceful uses becom- 

 ing increasingly a more prominent objective. 



