ommend, for example, increased support for near-shore oceanography, 
the subje¢t of greatest immediate interest for recreation and pollution 
control. We recommend increased weather and sea-state predictions, 
which are urgently needed by the marine components of industry. 
However, it is useful to compare the Federal ocean program with 
other components of the entire national program to indicate the back- 
ground which influenced the Panel in its deliberations. The total 
Federal program in marine science and technology for fiscal year 
1967 is funded at $310 million. This is less than the $380 million value 
of the U.S. fisheries’ catch in 1964.6 Federal expenditures for marine 
science and technology during the past decade approach $1.5 billion.® 
During the same period U.S. petroleum companies spent a far larger 
sum on the Continental Shelves of this country. From 1953 to 1964, 
the Outer Continental Shelves yielded over $2 billion in bonuses, 
rentals, and royalties,’ and the Inner Continental Shelves from 1956 
to 1965 yielded another $963 million. During this period the petro- 
leum industry also spent $400 million on geophysical exploration of 
the shelves * and supported the development of a prosperous industry 
constructing off-shore drilling platforms. 
These are only examples. A comprehensive catalog of components 
of the national interest in the oceans would be very lengthy indeed, 
and we list only a few statistics related to marine science and tech- 
nology in table 8.1. We focus on the Federal program with due con- 
sideration of its impact on the whole national interest. 
TABLE 8.1.—Some statistics related to marine science and technology 
1. National oceanography program (1964)____________________ $123, 000, 000 
2. Navy classified oceanography (1964)_____________-_________ 55, 000, 000 
o. ATM y, COrps Of -Hinginers) (1964 222222 eee 183, 000, 000 
(a) Construction of harbors and channels (marine) __~ 95, 000, 000 
(6) Operation and maintenance, harbors and channels 
(Ma.Tine)) hee oe ee Se ee 84, 000, 000 
(c) Beach erosion control, surveys, research____--__~~- 4, 000, 000 
4 Maritime: Administrations (1964) ete seas ee eee 273, 000, 000 
(@)) .Salary.supplement222 22 =e ee eee 187, 000, 000 
(O) 2 Draining = tae ee oe eee eit Ra ee eee 8, 000, 000 
(@eShipreonstructionssubsidies=22222 222-2 — aaa 78, 000, 000 
® Department of Interior appropriation hearings, 1966. 
7 Carl Savit, hearings before Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 
H.R., Aug. 21, 22, 1963. Annual and accrued mineral production, U.S. Geological 
Survey, various years. Includes $771 million in dispute with Louisiana. 
5 Based on the Panel’s correspondence with agencies of the States of Alaska, 
California, Louisiana, Oregon, and Texas. 
* See Savit under (7) above. 
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