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Two N-S sections from the Hawaiian to 
Aleutian Islands were conducted synoptically in 
late Fiscal Year 1963, continuing a time series 
of deep oceanographic stations across this key 
oceanic basin from 1961 and 1962. Visiting 
scientists from U. S. Geological Survey, U. S. 
Weather Bureau, University of Hawaii, Institute 
fur Meereskunde (Kiel), and New York Univer- 
sity, actively participated inthe survey program. 
Coast Guard 
Continuing the International Ice Patrol 
surveys, the Coast Guard, using the USCGC 
EVERGREEN, conducted four surveys of the 
Grand Banks and Labrador Sea and one post- 
season survey of Davis Strait. A total of 438 
oceanographic stations were occupied. During 
the course of the Coast Guard's annual Bering 
Sea Patrol, USGGC NORTHWIND conducted sur- 
veys in the western and northern Bering, Chukchi, 
and East Siberian Seas. A total of 247 oceano- 
graphic stations were occupied. 
In fulfillment of its FY-63 commitment, the 
Coast Guard commenced oceanographic observa- 
tions from U. S. Ocean Stations with the outfit- 
ting of USCGC CASCO with an oceanographic 
winch and laboratory. CASCO is serving as a 
pilot installation and is making regular time- 
series as a regular part of cruises to stations 
ECHO and DELTA. 
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 
The principal survey activities of the Bu- 
reau of Commercial Fisheries in FY 1963 were 
in the planning of the International Cooperative 
Investigations of the Tropical Atlantic (ICITA). 
A Working Group Meeting, sponsored by the 
IOC, was held in Washington, D. C., in June 1962 
to coordinate and develop detailed plans for the 
Investigations. Nomination of Mr. V. E. Brock 
of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries as In- 
ternational Coordinator for ICITA was approved 
by the Secretariat of the IOC. The plans for 
ICITA, as developed at the Working Group Meet- 
ing, are given in the appendix to this report. 
Considerable effort and funds were expended by 
the Bureau in the conversion of the GERONIMO 
(760 tons) for use in the Tropical Atlantic Inves- 
tigations. Preliminary planning continued on a 
detailed study of the oceanography of the Trade 
Wind Zone of the central Pacific. 
Weather Bureau 
The Weather Bureau's survey operations 
consisted of having meteorological technicians 
three’ oceans. 
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
making observations from seven ships in all 
The ships, areas of operation, 
and observational programs are tabulated be- 
low: 
Ship Region Programs 
PIONEER North (1), (2) 
Pacific 
ELTANIN Antarctica (1), (2), (4) 
EXPLORER Tropical (1), (2), (5) 
Atlantic 
CHAIN Tropical (1), (5) 
Atlantic 
GERONIMO Tropical (1), (5) 
Atlantic 
CONRAD Indian Ocean (1), (2), (3), (6) 
ANTON BRUUN Indian Ocean (1), (2), (3), (6) 
(1) Surface observations, (2) Upper-air ob- 
servations, (3) Surface wind stress, (4) Surface 
ozone concentration, (5) Infra-red surface ra- 
diation observations, (6) Rainfall. 
IMM. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PRO- 
GRAM, FISCAL YEAR 1964 
The National Oceanographic Program 
budget recommended for Fiscal Year 1964 is 
$156,352,000, an increase of $32 million over 
that of the present fiscal year. The program 
budgets are described in detail within each 
functional area (sections a through h), and sum- 
marized in the tables in section V. 
Although considerable increases have been 
effected in ship construction and research sup- 
port, a significant portion of the increase in re- 
search funds will be required to support the op- 
erations of new research ships coming down the 
line. The Long Range National Oceanographic 
Plan, now nearing completion, brings into focus 
the ever increasing demand upon research funds 
created by the conversion and new construction 
of oceanographic research vessels. 
The major accomplishment of the Long 
Range Plan will be the setting forth of national 
long range goals in oceanography toward the 
attainment of which each succeeding annual 
program can be developed in a logical manner. 
In the area of manpower, a new edition of 
the extremely successful catalog, College 
