The National Oceanographic Data Center is 

 sponsored by U. S. Government agencies having an 

 interest in the marine environment; it is governed 

 by an Advisory Board composed of representatives of 

 these activities and the National Academy of Sciences. 

 The U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office is assigned 

 responsibility for management of the National 

 Oceanographic Data Center. 



The Sponsoring Agencies are: 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



Coast and Geodetic Survey 



Coast Guard 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Department of the Navy 



Geological Survey 



Health, Education and Welfare 



National Science Foundation 



Weather Bureau 



