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marine elements of separate agency programs relate to our overall 

 efforts. 



This $462 million, incidentally, represents less than 3 percent of 

 the $17 billion proposed for fiscal year 1968 for Federal research and 

 development across the board. Considering the wide variety of pur- 

 poses these funds must serve, we have endeavored this first year to im- 

 prove overall effectiveness by deploying existing capabilities around a 

 limited number of objectives. 

 We are doing this by — 



1. utilizing fully all the resources currently engaged in various 

 facets of oceanography, public, and private ; 



2. developing policies and coordinating programs to attain max- 

 imum effectiveness without sacrificing distinctive imagination and 

 initiative of each participant ; 



3. inviting fresh ideas from all sectors of our society ; and 



4. fostering collaboration between Federal, State, and local en- 

 tities; between the United States and other countries; and be- 

 tween public and private sectors. 



The nine new initiatives that were identified earlier amount to $41 

 million of the $53 million increase requested for this year over last. 

 Most of the initiatives are now awaiting final review by the appro- 

 priate committees of the Congress. 



Let me elaborate on the scope and content of several of these initia- 

 tives to illustrate how we have selected maritime activities which con- 

 tribute to national goals, and how programs and agency responsibili- 

 ties were developed. 



The problem of a world population that out-paces food production 

 impinges critically on our Nation's interest and it is to that end that 

 the United States has a longstanding policy to wage war on hunger. 



Every possible approach is required to correct world protein defi- 

 ciency. The food-from-the-sea program is a new effort to bring fish 

 protein to undernourished people. The fisheries potential of the sea 

 as a protein source has been recognized for many years, and it now 

 provides a new opportunity for the United States to provide world 

 leadership in combating one of the most compelling problems facing 

 mankind. 



This program is a plan for action that could be developed promptly 

 and economically, with available or emerging teclinologies and within 

 the framework of existing institutions. It should also upgrade and 

 assist domestic fisheries and fish processing industries through the de- 

 velopment of markets for species not now commercially caught and 

 for new products, and by an expanded knowledge of the fishery stocks 

 of the world oceans. 



First steps already begun involve feasibility studies of fishing and 

 marketing potential overseas, to be followed by demonstration projects 

 on a bilateral cooperative basis with other nations utilizing fish protein 

 concentrate. The Agency for International Development has been des- 

 ignated as a lead agency, with the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 developing the necessary technology. Other Federal agencies will 

 assist. 



In short, the demonstration program will help to improve commer- 

 cial processes for production of FPC, improve fish catching, landing, 

 and processing capabilities of protein deficient countries, develop 



