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1.0.0.0. Acquisition of general understanding of the California Ourrent system 
and its inhabitants 
This is the basic foundation of the CALCOFI program. It develops the back- 
ground information necessary to understand the sardine and its associates. 
Because it is basic, the information is equally applicable, or can be so made, to 
all other fish species, pollution problems, military problems, ete. 
1.1.0.0. Surveys (Project 1).—This is the basic survey of the California cur- 
rent system. It includes physical and chemical oceanography and plankton 
(including fish eggs and larvae) and juvenile and adult fishes. Continuation of 
this work is envisioned as necessary into the indefinite future though the opera- 
tion will be subject to revision as new tools such as anchored stations become 
fully available. 
If the present program is expanded to provide adequate information for all 
users in the waters of the State it will be about one-third larger. 
The costs given below include field operations, and processing of the data to 
the point that particular analyses will require differing treatment. 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography__-_______-_-_______________.=__ $320, 000 
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries_____________-_______________ 102, 000 
HopkanspMarine) Station-22 5262420422 3- 3) 8 26 ee 8, 000 
California fish and! game __- -=225_ 222 2 ee 105, 000 
PDS Soe a he a ey tee ay uk pe ee St bee Bares ee bi eee tse el, 5385, 000 
Enlarging the scope of this survey will raise the cost to about $720,000. 
This basic survey is the portion of the program that should be funded on a 
broader base than the wet fish resources. Logical sources are State general 
funds, sport and commercial license funds: AEC, U.S. Navy, NASCO funds, 
and Bureau of Commercial Fisheries funds. 
Coincident with refunding the program, a guidance committee comprised of 
all important users should be created, their initial task being to develop the most 
broadly useful survey consonant with the funds available. 
1.2.0.0. General research.—This includes research that, as in the instance of 
the surveys must be done to understand the sardine, but which produces results 
of general application. This research is also susceptible to broader funding, 
especially on a project-by-project basis. However, this tack will tend to cause 
the CALCOFT program to lose coherence and direction, and for this reason alone 
it would be most desirable to refinance large coherent blocks of work such as the 
surveys. 
1.2.1.0. Haisting general research studies.—These are research programs at 
present funded at a reasonable level considering their relative importance, and 
the possibility of orderly expansion. 
1.2.1.1. Oceanographic analysis and atlas preparation—This includes fur- 
ther processing of the marine life research data and preparation of atlas charts 
of the California Current system data. In addition it includes studies of heat 
budgets, statistical prediction systems in the California Current region, and 
general, and descriptive analyses of the oceanography of the North Pacific. 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography________________________________ $50, 000 
Additional funds needed for atlas publication: 
ABSIT S bepey ea Tete a a eed ine Cee RRL A VES Meta MARE) ERAT PGT ie teed net ewe are 15, 000 
Necondary cas Muar SHE ike es Neen Fs MN te Nee eat al ceiehoe 25, 000 
Cletarits Cy Crees es Seek AS A A LS TOM res EBS SIE ho dt a a yer gee 25, 000 
1.2.1.2. Zoogeographic studies.—These are studies of the various components 
of the plankton. The initial aim is to understand the existing general distribu- 
tions and species compositions. To meet this objective it is necessary to con- 
sider the larger North Pacific circulation of which our area of interest is but 
a part. Studies are underway on copepods, chaetognaths, and other groups. 
In addition, preliminary studies of associations and boundaries have been initi- 
ated. 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography cost_____________________________ $40,000 
1.2.1.3. Marine genetics—This work will be funded in other ways in the near 
future. It is included here only to complete the recording of present costs, 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography cost______________________ $25,000 
