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but in a broader sense of encouraging increased agriculture production, 

 increasing nutritional education, encouraging child-feeding programs, 

 and instituting the new effort to make greater use out of the resources 

 of the sea. 



This new part, in fact the assignment to us from the Marine Council, 

 was brought into being at the same time as the creation of a new Office 

 on War on Hunger Agency for International Development. 



Mr. Lennon. The interest of AID in this particular field we are dis- 

 cussing came in the fish protein concentrate project. You indicated in 

 the statement this came from the enactment into law of what is now 

 referred to as a Marine Resources and Fish Development Act of 1966, 

 signed into law June 1 of last year. You folks have not been involved 

 or engaged in any aspect of this before that time ? 



Mr. Watees. We had started earlier with creation of a Nutrition 

 Division in our Health Service. We had started exploration of what 

 might be done with fish protein concentrate, but we are not sure what 

 our role was compared with other departments and agencies of the 

 Goverimaent. It was the Marine Resources Council, set up under the 

 act created by the Congress, that first brought to a head the coordina- 

 tion necessary to assign responsibilities. They assigned us as the lead 

 agency on the fish protein concentrate, but in coordination with the 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



Mr. Lennon. I suppose it is of interest to you gentlemen, since your 

 mandate is coming from the national council established under this 

 act — I suppose, too, that you gentlemen are interested in the extension 

 of the life of the council because you know under the official act they 

 phase out 120 days after the Presidential Commission makes its report. 

 You might encourage our counterparts in the Senate to act on this 

 legislation this next week, if you can, because the House passed it 

 unanimously last Monday. 



Mr. Waters. I assure you that it has been a very effective instru- 

 mentality in prodding and coordinating and stimulating activity 

 throughout Government. 



Mr. Lennon. You would not have a legislative mandate or guidance 

 if the national council phased out under the act of the law ? 



Mr. Waters. Our own new act, just enacted, now contains a section 

 that tells us to get busy and do what we started to do under the 

 original mandate. 



Mr. Lennon. I believe it is a little belated but I am glad it is here. 

 Wliat countries now produce fish protein concentrate ? 



Mr. Parman. The only places where fish protein concentrate is being 

 produced at the present time in any way approaching what could be 

 called a good fish protein concentrate, is Chile, which has a small plant 

 put up by UNICEF. That plant has had a very rough and stormy life. 



Mr. Lennon. Is it producing fish protein concentrate now ? 



Mr. Parman. They are running it a little right now. 



Mr, Lennon. The problem was the inability to market it ? 



Mr. Parman. It was inability to market. They were using it in 

 giveaway programs and did not have any idea how they were going to 

 market it. 



Mr. Lennon. Related to the commercial production of other crops, 

 a mix ? 



