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.i^ency also would enjjap:e in research and 

 exploration Tor the purpose of locating 

 stocks of living resources and determining 

 the maximum harvest of stocks, consistent 

 with conservation objectives. 



• To engage in research on and exploration 

 for various ocean minerals in order to de- 

 termine the general location, extent, and 

 character of marine mineral resources, 

 thereby enabling industry to perform more 

 efficiently the detailed prospecting and 

 evaluation of resources that must precede 

 their economic exploitation 



• To enhance the national capability to use 

 the marine environment through programs 

 of scientific research and fundamental 

 technology 



• To launch the National Projects recom- 

 mended by the Commission 



• To help assure that the availability of edu- 

 cated and trained manpower is adequate to 

 meet the needs of tlie national program 



• To develop and maintain National En- 

 vironmental Monitoring and Prediction 

 System (NEMPS) for the purpose of pro- 

 viding weather and oceanic forecasts for 

 the general public and various user groups 



• To develop the knowledge to predict the 

 effects of man's activities on his total en- 

 vironment and thereby avoid deleterious 

 environmental modification. The new 

 agency would also explore tlie feasibility of 

 modifying oceanic and atmospheric proc- 

 esses for man's benefit. 



• To provide essential services to all users of 

 the marine environment, including naviga- 

 tion, mapping, charting, safety, data, and 

 instrument standardization and test serv- 

 ices, and certain geophysical services to 

 provide seismic, geodetic, geomagnetic, 

 gravimetric, hydrologic, ionosi^heric, and 

 solar information 



• To help enforce Federal marine laws and 

 regulations and to promote marine safety 



• To promote and advance the field of aqua- 

 culture as a new source of foods and 

 materials 



• To minimize use conflicts by providing ad- 

 vice and coimsel to Federal and State 

 agencies on questions of multiple use of the 

 marine environment and by developing an 

 overall plan for the use of areas beyond the 

 territorial seas 



• To support, assist, and coordinate the ac- 

 tivities of the State Coastal Zone Authori- 

 ties as recommended by the Commission 



• To improve and coordinate scientific and 

 technical liaison with international gov- 

 ernmental organizations concerned with 

 marine and atmospheric affairs 



• To carry out these functions in a manner 

 to encourage private investment enterprise 

 in exploration, technological development, 

 marine commerce, and economic utilization 

 of marine resources 



• To coordinate, as directed by the Presi- 

 dent, the activities of other Federal agen- 

 cies which relate closely to the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency's 

 (NOAA) proposed central functions 



• To advise the President and the Congress 

 on the measures and the funds needed to 

 carry through the programs for which it 

 is responsible 



• To continue the performance of all func- 

 tions of existing agencies which may be 

 assigned to it. 



The proposed new agency would carry out 

 a broad program of direct public services. In 

 developing marine technology', NOAA would 

 work closely with the industries that eventu- 

 ally will undertake the commercial exploita- 

 tion of marine resources. It would work 

 closely also with State and local govern- 

 ments in carrying out the recommended 

 coastal zone and fisheries programs. NOAA 

 would not be the instrument of a crash 



