and information, organizes a visiting scientist program, and provides 

 advice to developing Countries on the establishment of national 

 tsunami warning systems. 



237. KUROSHIO DATA CENTRE: KDC 



Established in 1964, KDC was sponsored by FAO (IPFC), INPFC, 

 lAPSO, IOC, PSA, SCOR, and WMO. KDC, collocated with and operated 

 by the Japanese Oceanographic Data Centre (JODC) , acted as the Re- 

 gional Data Center (RDC) for the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio 

 and Adjacent Regions (CSK). 



238. MALTA POLLUTION CONTROL CENTER: MPCC 



Established in 1976, MPCC is financed by UNEP and operated by 

 IMCO. It is the repository for information relevant to oil pollution 

 in the Mediterranean. 



239. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA INFORMATION REFERRAL SYSTEM: MEDI 

 Proposed in 1975, MEDI is an automated, systematic method for 



recording and retrieving information and technical description of 

 marine environmental data files that exist in international centers 

 and national centers associated with an international network. MEDI 

 is designed as the first step in the collection and organization of 

 such data as may be required by agencies, scientists, and administra- 

 tors — the systematic identification of what is available. IOC and 

 numerous international organizations, such as WMO, FAO, ICES, IAEA, 

 IHO, and UNEP, have joined together to operate as a MEDI network. 

 The MEDI Co-ordination Centre is located in IOC. The Centre is aided 

 by points of contact within each international organization. 



240. MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SORTING CENTER: MMSC 



Established in Tunisia in 1965 and terminated in 1974, MMSC was 

 operated by the U.S. Smithsonian Institution. It functioned as the 

 CIM Biological Center and cooperated with UNESCO in training tech- 

 nicians in the Mediterranean area in the fundamentals of evaluation 

 of living marine resources. 



241. MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT RESEARCH CENTRE: MARC 



Sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Envi- 

 ronment (SCOPE) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 

 MARC, located at Chelsea College, London, is exploring the feasibil- 

 ity of multipurpose monitoring by one station. It is developing 

 training courses for monitoring the environment. 



242. PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER: PMBC 



Established in 1971, PMBC is a cooperative venture between the 

 governments of Denmark and Thailand. Located in Thailand, it serves 

 as a research laboratory and training center for marine scientists 

 from Thailand and other southeast Asian countries. 



243. REGIONAL MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTRE: RMBC 



Established in Singapore in 1968, RMBC serves as a central 

 depository for biological data taken during CSK. It is one of the 

 three biological centers sponsored by UNESCO. 



244. SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE 



Operated by the International Council for the Exploration of 

 the Sea (ICES), the Service is responsible for storing and dissem- 

 inating data falling in ICES areas of interest. It also served as 



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