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I might add here, too, that the Department feels a general conser- 

 vation responsibility which extends to the oceans as well as ter- 

 restrially, and I think we mean by this the best and wisest possible 

 management of resources. 



In response to the Marine Resources and Engineering Development 

 Act, Secretary Udall assigned new responsibilities to several of his 

 top administrators for the i)urpose of coordinating the Department's 

 many programs for developing and utilizing marine resources. I was 

 named to lead the team which consists of nine Interior bureaus and 

 offices. This is nine out of, I believe, 23, in the Department. Dr. Walter 

 Hibbard, Director of the Bureau of Mines, is the Deputy Adminis- 

 trator in this program, and an appointment is now pending which 

 w^ould name Mr, Howard Eckles, who sits with me now, from the 

 Office of the Science Adviser in the Department, as Program Manager. 



You will find on page 9 a table of this organization. We have a 

 nongovernmental advisory committee shown on the left side of that 

 table, and on page 10 there is a list of the members of this advisory 

 committee. You will see from this that they are distinguished and ex- 

 perienced people in industry and academic circles. 



This committee has met twice to advise us, and we have found it to be 

 a very good advisory council. 



I say that because they have been penetrating in their analyses 

 of what we do, and they have been very frank in their recommenda- 

 tions. It is an exceptionally strong and good advisory body. 



I should like to point out, too, resuming the testimony at the bottom 

 of page 8, that as a further step in strengthening our capabilities in 

 marine science. Dr. Milner B. Schaefer, who was formerly the direc- 

 tor of the Institute of Marine Resources of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, and also formerly the Chairman of the National Academy of 

 Sciences Committee on Oceanography, has recently joined the Depart- 

 ment as Science Adviser to Secretary Udall. Dr. Fred Singer, a well- 

 known scientist from the University of Miami, has joined the staff of 

 the Assistant Secretary for Water Pollution Control. He is helping to 

 relate estuarine and coastal water pollution control functions to the 

 balance of Interior's marine resources efforts. 



It is through this organization and a central focusing of responsi- 

 bility that we are now administering Interior's program in marine 

 science. The effort is fully coordinated with the planning, program- 

 ing, and budgeting system now in effect in the Department. 



One of the first actions we took was to prepare a report entitled 

 "A Plan for the Accelerated Development of Marine Natural Re- 

 sources." This appeared toward the close of 1966. This plan was 

 presented to the National Council last February. I believe this is the 

 first department reporting to the National Council in this way, and 

 up to now it is the only one that has done so. 



While this was an early effort, it has been helpful as an informa- 

 tional guide to assist our cooperation with the Marine Coimcil. A 

 second plan, which is to be a long-range one in scope, is now in prepa- 

 ration and will be available by the end of this year. A special task 

 force within the Department has been assembled for this purpose. 



We have subdivided the Department's marine resource program 

 into four broad categories. These concern food from the sea and the 



