70 MARINE SCIENCE 



Senator Lausche. Where is it located ? 



Mr. Vine, Woods Hole Oceanographic is located at Woods Hole, 

 Mass., on Cape Cod. 



Senator Lausche. How many people does it have in its work? 



Mr, Vine. We have about 350 people including the crews of the 

 ships and we have about 100 scientists that are cariying out individual 

 research work. 



Senator Lausche. And it is completely endowed by private grants 

 and otherwise I 



Mr. Vine. I think that its own income from the original grant is 

 now about 10 percent of the total budget. Most of the research funds 

 are supplied by contract from the Navy, the National Science Founda- 

 tion, and the Atomic Energy Commission. 



Senator Lausche. Do you do any contract work for private indus- 

 try? 



Mr. Vine. There has been a little bit over the years. 



Senator Lausche. What has been the nature of that work? 



Mr. Vine. A typical example was a model study of the flushing 

 of Barataria Bay on tlie gulf coast. There was a question of whether 

 the oil was seeping into Barataria Bay and interfering with the bio- 

 logy of the area. 



Senator Lausche. Have you done any research work for the extrac- 

 tion of metals out of the ocean waters ? 



Mr. Vine. There has been no direct work as far as engineering 

 application is concerned. There have been several of the people at 

 Woods Hole who have been interested in the formation of manganese 

 nodules and things of that caliber. 



Senator Lausche. What do you specifically have in mind about 

 what the Federal Government could and ought to do to help in the 

 development of tliis important work ? 



Mr. Vine. Perhaj^s the most important thing is to recognize the 

 fact that marine technology is a broad field. It is much more than 

 just a navy field. In the past there has been a great tendency to 

 think that the Navy is the only part of the Federal Government that 

 should be interested in the ocean. 



In this connection the Navy needs — there needs to be more support 

 than the Navy gives. There needs to be a wider diversity of interest. 



Senator Lausche. Now, what other departments have an interest 

 in it? 



Mr. Vine. The Atomic Energy Commission, for example. They 

 have problems of disposal. The problems involved in experimental 

 work on harbors, things of that nature all need oceanographic back- 

 ground information to know whether a project is wise or how we 

 should go about it. 



Senator Lausche. You have the Navy and the Atomic Energy Com- 

 mission. What is the other department ? 



Mr. Vine. The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries has the whole big 

 problem ahead of it of farming the sea, for example. These problems 

 go far and beyond the questions of conservation. How does one look 

 at the ocean in the sense that the agriculturalists look at the land? 



Senator Lausche. What about the Commerce Department ? Since 

 that bill is with us, with the Commerce Committee, I presume it does 

 have a relation to it. 



