histories and studies of game fish relative to their distribution in 
space and time. 
In May 1966, the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration 
was transferred to the Department of Interior. This agency was 
established originally within the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare under the Water Quality Act of 1965. The oceanographic 
activities of FWPCA are concerned with water supply and pollution 
control. Of a total budget of $3.8 million in fiscal year 1967, $2 
million is designated for research. 
Department of Commerce 
The Environmental Science Services Administration, which in- 
cludes the former Coast and Geodetic Survey and Weather Bureau, in 
fiscal year 1967 requested $11 million to conduct survey operations, 
mostly near our shores. Some money is being spent to improve the 
technology of these surveys. A research program of $2.3 million in- 
cludes support of the sea-air interaction laboratory. 
The Maritime Administration sponsors a $50,000 program to study 
ocean-wave spectra and their effects on ship motions. The purpose of 
the Maritime Administration’s program is to understand better the 
nature of the ocean surface and its effect on operation and design of 
merchant ships. 
Department of the Treasury 
Coast Guard oceanographic observations are conducted at four 
stations manned by the Coast Guard—two in the North Atlantic and 
two in the North Pacific. In addition, Coast Guard ice patrol ships 
carry out oceanographic investigations. The Coast Guard oceano- 
graphic budget is about $2.3 million for fiscal year 1967, $65,000 of 
that amount to be used for research. 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
The oceanographic work of the Public Health Service supports the 
basic PHS mission, safeguarding the public’s health. Of the total of 
$5.6 million in fiscal year 1967 $1.1 million is connected with research on 
shellfish and $2.3 million is for the National Institutes of Health which 
supports research programs in marine biology that have biomedical 
importance. 
In fiscal year 1967 the Office of Education will provide about $300,- 
000 worth of fellowships in oceanography. 
Department of State 
The Department of State supports work conducted by eight inter- 
national fisheries commissions. Two of these, the Tuna and Halibut 
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