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engineers. We believe that this focus on the challenging problems 

 of oceanography provides the necessary ingredients for engineering 

 education and practical research program. Currently this laboratory 

 is working under contract with Government agencies and industry on 

 such problems as precise navigation, the improvement of man's ability 

 to survive in the depths of the sea, the use of satellites to gather 

 oceanographic data, and the tracing of temperature contours in the 

 deep ocean. The students response to this program has been excellent. 

 However, sustaining the program through specific research grants will 

 be a problem. Support on a broader base would be very desirable. 



Our resources development center, composed primarily of a gi^oup 

 of social scientists, is working on various phases of the development 

 •of human and natural resources of the State. Their studies are con- 

 cerned with developing recreation and commercial fishery enterprises, 

 as well as ocean-oriented industries. 



In the process of approaching the problems of the marine sciences 

 through formalized research and education groups, we find that effec- 

 tive programs require the coordination of the total resources of the 

 university. The inter-disciplinary centers and institutes must co- 

 ordinate, but their effectiveness rests upon the proper use of the total 

 offerings of the university. Therefore, we do not feel that it would 

 be wise to establish new colleges or universities to meet a specific need. 

 It is suggested that a more desirable approach would be to change the 

 orientation of some existing personnel and facilities. While it is 

 necessary for the ocean-oriented physicist to know considerable about 

 the environment of the sea and its special problems, he should be first 

 and foremost a physicist. A few specialized centers may be a reason- 

 able means of approaching some of the basic research needs. If, 

 however, we are also to consider the application of research to specific 

 problems and the extension of the results to industry itself, it is doubt- 

 ful that such centers would meet the need. To have an effective 

 extension and applied research program, it must be administered 

 close to home. 



Programs of the type mentioned above receive great benefit from 

 the proposed legislation, which would also be beneficial to the State of 

 New Hampshire. Our limited amount of sea coast, which provides 

 excellent access to the ocean, accounts for a commercial fishery whose 

 total annual product landed in New Hampshire is valued at above a 

 million dollars, although many of the fish and lobsters caught off our 

 coast are landed in ports in Maine and Massachusetts. We feel that 

 the value of this fishery could be increased considerably with new prac- 

 tical research results. As evidence of this belief, the State of New 

 Hampshire has recently instituted a division of marine fisheries, which 

 is currently conducting an embryonic research program. Since New 

 Hampshire is strongly dependent upon recreation as a source of income 

 to the State, we are extremely interested in preserving and improving 

 our seashore areas. Much of the industry located in our sea coast area 

 is concerned directly or indirectly with the marine sciences. 



If it does not seem feasible to build new sea grant colleges in the 

 manner that land-grant colleges were built in the last decade, one 

 might wonder if the whole idea is not out of fashion. Simply because 

 a different method of implementation is indicated does not mean that 

 the idea is no longer valid. The fact that the sea grant concept attacks 

 an important problem on a broad basis is what makes it so appealing. 



