Index 



289 



Ad Hoc Committee To Study the Peaceful Uses of 

 the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Fhior Heyoiid the I^im- 

 its of National Jurisdiction, U.N., 146, 147 

 AEO (see Atomic Energy Commission). 

 Air Force. Department of, Aircraft meteorological 



instrumentation. 180 

 Aircraft : 



Commission recommendation : Aircraft-of-oppor- 



tunity program, 193 

 Oceanographic data collection, 192, 193 

 American Bureau of Shipping, Ves.sel certifica- 

 tion, 215 

 AMVER (see Automated Merchant Vessel Reiwrting 



System ) . 

 Applications Technology Satellites (ATS) : 

 ATS-3 omega position locating equipment, 193 

 Oceanographic research capabilities, 193 

 Aquaculture : 

 Coastal zone activity, 54 



Commission recommendation : advancement, en- 

 couragement, support, 118 

 Definition. 115-117 

 Future possibilities, 12, 116, 118 

 Government support, 240 

 Present status in United States, 115, 116 

 Summary of yields, chart, 116, 117 

 Army Corps of Engineers (see also Coastal Engi- 

 neering Research Center) . 

 Channel and harbor improvement financing, 65 

 Chesapeake Bay research program, 67 

 Coastal engineering methods, 33, 81 

 Coastal erosion study authorization, 65 

 Coastal zones : 



Management role, 56. 61. 62 

 Monitoring role, 68 

 Research role, 67 

 Commission recommendations : 



Coastal erosion study reexamination, 65 

 Offshore development, 70 



Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 amendment, 

 76,77 

 Dredging activities, 252 



Gulf of Mexico fairways establishment, 54, 55 

 Lake Survey charts. 210 

 Navigable waterways construction regulations 



enforcement, 217 

 Pollution control, construction activities effects. 76 

 Port and harbor modernization role, 66 

 Relation to Coastal Zone Authorities, 59 

 Resi>onsibilities in marine activity, 228, 232 

 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 96 



Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) : 

 Coastal zone monitoring role, 68 

 Coastal zone research expansion, 81 

 Commission recommendations : 



Offshore development, 70 



Pilot continental .shelf nuclear plant, 10, 70, 161 



Pollution control authority, 77 

 Federal oceanography laboratories funding, 205, 



206 

 Marine research funding, 24 

 NODC establishment agreement, 219 

 Nuclear technology for harbor evacuation studies, 



252 

 Pollution control, nuclear power plant effects. 77 

 Power sources for marine resources development, 



1(11, 107 

 Role in Federal marine program, 232, 235 

 ATS (see Application Technology Satellites). 

 Automated Merchant \'essel Reporting System 

 (AMVER), de.-^crii)tion, 216 



B 



Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Ex- 

 periment (BOMEX), 196 

 BCF (see Bureau of Commercial Fisheries). 

 Biological research : 



Extracting drugs from the sea, 119, 120 



Fishery yields, 9,8-100 



Oceanic ecosystems dynamics. 172, 173 



Sea plants sources, 118 

 BOMEX (see Barbados Oceanographic and Meteor- 

 ological Experiment). 

 Budget for marine .science program, proposed : 



Activities not included, 252 



Cost estimates, 2.54-257 



Efficiency considerations, 251 



Funding considerations, 251, 252 



Levels of funding for recommende<l activities. 

 1970-80, chart, 253 



Methods of costing, 251 



Non-Federal exix^nditures exclusion, 252 



Present Fetleral funding level estimation. 252. 253 



Projected costs of program, chart, 255 

 Buoys (see also National Data Buoy System Pro- 

 gram; Pilot Buoy Network Project). 



Commission recommendation : technology sup- 

 I»rt. 191. 192 



Data collection and transmission capabilities, 191 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) : 



Aiiuai iilture research, 240 



Average budget increase, 2.52 



C<H)i)eration with Navy. shii>s-(>f-iii(|N)rt\uiity pro- 

 grani. l.KS 



