contributions gratefully acknowledged in 

 appendices to the reports of the Commission's 

 panels. 



Assistance rendered the Commission by 

 private and professional groups often ex- 

 tended well beyond the normal statement of 

 views or prejjaration of documentary mate- 

 rial. The Oceanic Foundation, a nonprofit 

 foundation dedicated to the advancement of 

 marine science, organized a special Marine 

 Commission Support Group to provide an 

 additional means for drawing upon persons 

 from the universities and industiy to assist 

 the Commission and its panels. The National 

 Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanog- 

 raphy prepared a complete revision and up- 

 dating of its 1966 report and responded at 

 length to a series of questions posed by the 

 Commission in order to inform it fully of the 

 views and needs of the scientific community. 

 The National Academy of Engineering 

 volunteered the continuing consulting assist- 

 ance of its Committee on Ocean Engineer- 

 ing. Resources for the Future, Inc., a non- 

 profit research organization, sponsored two 

 intensive seminars to develop methodologies 



for appraising national interests in ocean 

 resources. The National Security Industrie;! 

 Association's Ocean Science and Technology 

 Committee submitted a series of reports on 

 the activities and needs of ocean user indus- 

 tries, on Government-private sector roles, 

 and on means for providing continuing liai- 

 son and arranged a series of meetings with in- 

 dustry groups so that the Commission might 

 have the benefit of their views. Large region- 

 al meetings, tapping other industry groups, 

 were organized by both the University of 

 Texas and the University of Southern Cali- 

 fornia to appraise investment opportunities. 

 Certain local sections of the Marine Tech- 

 nology Society, at the suggestion of its Presi- 

 dent, prepared analyses of the particular ma- 

 rine resources and needs of specific regions of 

 the Nation. These contributions, all provided 

 as a public service at little or no cost to the 

 Government, were of enormous benefit to the 

 Commission. 



The final products of the Commission's 

 work are this report, the I'eports of the panels 

 published separately, and other papers cited 

 in Appendix 4. 



