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very s-^ tisf-^ctory resijlts. Thsre being no leg'i] "b-rrler to prevent 

 the Rurenu'r. shins fron: opem.ting nn7r>'.'here on the high se"s, t^^e 

 proposed Institute "^lirht thus -.rrnnge loint periodic cruises ilong 

 reprerentf'.tive profiles in the Atl.intic P^s-in off the United Sbntes 

 of ,iust f^^e sort that .".re now "lort needed to shov f^-e secul^-.r c^'^^n- 

 ges ti^:. t t'lke pi' ce there, not only in the physical st"te of the 

 v/ater, hut also in its organic comirunities. 



How far the U. 3. N-vy can undertake special service of this 

 sort, will he governed by a complex of factors, such "s the possi- 

 bility- of sp'^rinr; a ship and personnel fron regular duties: the 

 nossihility of combining the proposed exploration wit}- one of the 

 regular practice cruises: and laost irrmortant of all, the attitude 

 of the higher of.-Picers of the 'lavy toward mrrine explorations -^t 

 the time. The growing interest within the service, in oceanic ex- 

 ploration is now crystallized into -^^ definite policy, which includ- 

 es recommendation, bv the Naval Po^r-'' en oce.-^nography , that a n v.^1 

 vessel, specially fitted, he employed exclusively for oceanographlc 

 investigation if, in the future, circTi.mst'^nces so permit. 



By the adoption of this oceanographic program t'-ie navy is com- 

 mitted to increasing pr^rticination . But no Nav" 1 vessels ar ' '^■t 

 present equipped v/ith I'-borator-- f-^cilities, or with '^n^ of t^e 

 '^ppnr^'tus rised in Oceanography, except for sounding* nor does the 

 Service at present include ■^nj trained oceanogr^phers among the 

 ^ouni2:er officers. Consequentlv, it would be ne^ess-^r^" to sr.pply 

 scientific personnel to '^ny Naval vessel undent -king p'eneral ocean- 

 g r a pli i c ' v o r k . 



No federal institutions of the United Stntes, other t'^an the 

 Navy and f--'e Bureau of Fisheries, c" "^ now !='p'ire ships from their 

 regul'r dvti-iS for more than r sho"t time. In tbe con-rr'^.rY, f-^e 

 demands on the vessels both of the Gor.st Gu-rd, Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey and Lighthouse Service ar greater than can be met, nnd these 

 demands grow so rapidlv thnt t^^e building of new s'"' ips has h-'-rdlv 

 kept p 'ce with t^-e expansion of their duties. 



No -^ssistHnce \)nder t^o'-S crtegor^- is to be expecteo from the 

 State Fish Comm.lssions on the Atlantic coast of the United States 

 under present conditions. On the Pacific co-^st, however, the pres- 

 ent p^rticipat mc- of the C.•^lifornia F?-Sh Com.raission in r ioint 

 scheme of explor^' tj.on of the ';Tonterey region, and its generally 

 close relationships with scientific institutions, m"ko it likely 

 that it will occasionally be willinp- to detail one of its D'-,trol 

 boats to s'"'0rt cruises in the coastal waters off California, r.s ex- 

 plained below (p"gel511. Occasional Goop?r'^tlQn of the same sort 

 in pro.it.^cts proper ly sponsored, may also be expected of the Cana- 

 dian Department of Ma dne and Fisheries, and of the Canadian Hydro- 

 graphic Service, if an'y-^ of their vessels could he spared from, their 

 regul'^r dutios "t t^'-e timie. 



B. SF-iCIAL OBSE^VATIG:hS TO PE CARRIED 

 OUT AS AN INCIDETN^TAL OP 3EC0NDAPY 

 PROGRAM ON STRIPS EMP^^CYED ON OTHER 

 DUTIES 



More or Des^:; cooioeration under tbis he^dinp: m"^y ho expected 



