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the U.S. fisheries. The many-sided aspects of 

 these pi'oposals require that they be concen- 

 trated within NOAA. 



The Commission concludes that the Fed- 

 eral programs relating to marine and anad- 

 romous fisheries should be managed within a 

 single administrative structure, as was the 

 situation prior to the creation of the separate 

 bureaus for commercial and sport fish in 

 1956. The separation has created more prob- 

 lems than it has solved. Integrated plans are 

 now necessai-y to save some species threatened 

 with decline. Both sport and commercial fish- 

 ing interests should participate in research 

 and management plans. The combination of 

 marine commercial and sport fishing func- 

 tions in NOAA will best accomplish these 

 objectives. 



Commercial fishing sometimes conflicts 

 with sport fishing. Some species are valued by 

 both groups, but other species are of either 

 sport or commercial interest. Sport fishermen 

 become commercial fishermen when they 



ESSA is much like the Coast Ouard 

 in providing a great variety of 

 services — like tide measurements, 

 mapping and charting, ocean- 

 ographic data collection, and 

 weather forecasts — to the general 

 public and specialized users. At 

 lower right, a weather balloon is 

 inflated at sea; second from right, a 

 large-volume water sampler is re- 

 covered, aboard ship. 



sell some or all of a catch to dealers or 

 restaurants. 



BSFW laboratories for study of marine 

 and anadromous fisheries are separate from 

 its other facilities and conduct much valuable 

 research. An excellent program conducted by 

 BSFWs Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory 

 charts the location of species by monthly 

 temperature variations along the Atlantic 

 coast, relying on the Coast Guard to provide 

 temperature monitoring and photography 

 aircraft. Such research has obvious value to 

 all aspects of living resources development. 



Aquacultural research for both plant and 

 animal species now is conducted or sponsored 

 by BCF and the National Sea Grant Pro- 

 gram. Close cooperation has prevented du- 

 plication, but with the two programs imder 

 single management in NOAA, coordinated 

 planning can take place to develop the full 

 potential aquaculture offers. 



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