EUROCEAN Is primarily interested in coordinating and promoting the 

 attivities of Europe-based odean-oriented industries. 



155. EUROPEAN UNDERSEA BIOMEDICAL SOCIETY: EUBS 



Founded in 1971, EUBS promotes scientific Communications among 

 European scientists in the field, primarily by holding scientific 

 meetings. 



156. FEDERATION OF INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED WITH THE STUDY 

 OF THE ADRIATIC SEA: FICSAS 



Founded in 1971, FICSAS coordinates activities, research, and 

 training programs for those institutions involved in the scientific 

 study of the Adriatic Sea. 



157. GREAT LAKES STUDY GROUP: GLSG 



An informal organization of representatives from Canadian and 

 United States agencies engaged in basid and applied research and 

 engineering investigations related to the development and use of 

 Great Lakes water resources, GLSG was originally organized in 1962 

 as the Lake Erie Study Group. Its purposes are is to facilitate in- 

 formation exchange and to provide opportunities for cooperation. It 

 also sponsors the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and dissemination 

 of basic data held by the Great Lakes Regional Data Center. 



158. GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE: GCFI 

 Established in 1948 and located at the University of Miami, 



Fla. , GCFI holds annual meetings to review the status of the fishing 

 industry in the Caribbean, assist Caribbean countries in the develop- 

 ment of their programs, establish standards for seafood inspections, 

 promote aquaculture and fishery research, and develop a program of 

 coastal zone management. A frequent topic of discussion is the 

 establishment of limits of fishing areas. Meetings are held yearly, 

 and every third one is outside the United States. Membership is 

 open to representatives of industries and scientists in Countries 

 bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. 



159. INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR ^^C DETERMINATION (MEASUREMENT 



OF PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN THE SEA): (No initials ever used) 

 Established in 1958 as a service for biological oceanographers, 

 this agency is responsible for producing standardized ampoules of 

 ^ C (as NgH2 CO3), counting ^^C labeled plankton samples, and the 

 calculation of carbon assimilation. It is funded by UNESCO. Since 

 1975, it has been an institute affiliated with the Danish Academy of 

 Technical Sciences. 



160. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GREAT LAKES RESEARCH: lAGLR 

 Formed in 1967, lAGLR provides a formal organization to sponsor 



the Conference on Great Lakes Research, previously held under the 

 auspices of the Great Lakes Research Division of the University of 

 Michigan and the Great Lakes Institute of the University of Toronto. 

 Its objectives are to promote and disseminate the results of all 

 aspects of research in the Great Lakes. 



161. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL OCEANOGRAPHY: lAMO 

 Founded in 1973. 



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