One of the major programs approved for MAP is the Mediterranean 

 Pollution Monitoring and Research Programme (MPMRP, or more popularly, 

 MED POL). Ten pilot projects have been approved for MED POL, and 

 work has begun on seven of them. They are identified as MED I, II, 

 ... X and are largely conducted in beach or resort areas and areas 

 where shellfish are produced. 



Other components of MAP will include environmental management, 

 negotiations for environmental laws, establishment of regional and 

 subregional oil combating centers, standardizing measurements and 

 analyses among participating countries, and training scientists, 

 especially those in developing countries. 



327. MEDITERRANEAN OCCIDENTAL SURVEY: MEDOC 



Conducted in February and March 1969 with participation by 

 France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and United States, MEDOC aimed to 

 observe the process of deepwater formation in the Algerian-Provencal 

 basin of the western Mediterranean Sea caused by the flow of conti- 

 nental air masses, which increases the density of the waters in winter 

 by increasing salinity and lowering the temperature of surface waters. 



328. NORTHEAST ATLANTIC DYNAMICS STUDIES: NEADS 



Organized in 1976 and sponsored by SCOR, NEADS is complementary 

 to and closely associated with POLYMODE. It consists of a number of 

 subprograms concentrated in the northeast Atlantic and conducted by 

 participating countries including Canada, France, Federal Republic of 

 Germany, United Kingdom, United States, and Union of Soviet Socialist 

 Republics. 



329. NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY: NORWESTLANT 



An environmental study of the waters around Greenland in 1963, 

 NORWESTLANT was sponsored by ICNAF. The study was to determine the 

 distribution of redfish larvae, and cod eggs and larvae and associ- 

 ated environmental conditions. Reports and data resulting from the 

 survey are published in the ICNAF Special Publication no. 7, which 

 includes four parts: Part I, text and figures; Part II, atlas; Part 

 III, data record in three volumes; and Part IV, biological data. 



330. OVERFLOW PROGRAMS 



Programs, sponsored by ICES, to study the overflow process of 

 cold arctic water in the North Atlantic. The first, known as the 

 "IGY Polar Front Survey," was conducted in 1957-58 and dealt with 

 the hydrography in the North Atlantic. Two latter programs, desig- 

 nated "Overflow," are known as Overflow 1960, which concentrated on 

 an investigation of the overflow over the Iceland-Faroe Ridge; and 

 Overflow 1973, which studied the dynamics of water masses and their 

 environmental significance in the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. 



331. PERSPECTIVE STUDY OF WORLD AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: PSWAD 



Originally established as the Indicative World Plan for Agri- 

 culture (IWP), PSWAD is an FAO-sponsored program to project and 

 influence the future of agriculture and fisheries by improving tech- 

 nology. Included in the study is the World Appraisal of Fishery 

 Resources (WAFR). As a part of the study, FAO is sponsoring or 

 participating in several projects for studying coastal upwelling to 

 gain a better knowledge of factors affecting fisheries. 



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