SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



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1 DECLAEATION OF PURPOSE 



2 Sec. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares — 



3 (a) that marine resources, inckiding animal and 



4 vegetable life and mineral wealth, constitute a far-reacli- 



5 ing and largely untapped asset of immense potential 



6 significance to the United States; and 



7 (b) that it is in the national interest of the United 



8 States to develop the skilled manpower, including 



9 scientists, engineers and technicians, and the facilities 



10 and equipment necessary for the exploitation of these 



11 -i'esources; and 



12 (c) that aquaculture, as with agriculture on land, 

 1"^ and the gainful use of marine resources can substantially 

 I'l benefit the United States by providing greater eco- 

 1^ nomic opportunities, including expanded employment 

 1^ and trade; new sources of food; new means for the 

 1^ utilization of water, both salt and fresh ; and other valu- 



18 able substances, such as those contained in the vast 



19 mineral deposits of the marine environment, advanta- 



20 geous to United States citizens and to the Nation's posi- 



21 tion in the world; and 



22 (d) that, in order to implement these findings, the 



23 Federal Government should support sea grant colleges 



24 and programs by — 

 (1) initiating and sup])()rtiiig programs at sea 



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