implement requirements for Statewide coastal planning. It developed 

 a Comprehensive Ocean Area Plan (COAP), also referred to as the 

 California Ocean Area Plan. Upon completion of its mission in 1973, 

 it was disbanded. 



The California Coastal Zone Management and Conservation Commission 

 (CCZMCC) was established in 1972 to continue the California coastal 

 zone management Program. 



423. CALIFORNIA, Local Organizations 



Among the local organizations involved in marine affairs is the 

 Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) founded in 

 1969 by five local government agencies, the cities of Los Angeles and 

 San Diego, and the county sanitation districts of Los Angeles, Orange, 

 and Ventura Counties. The objective of the project was to develop re- 

 gional scientific information on the coastal waters from Point 

 Conception to the Mexican border. 



The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission 

 (SFBCDC or BCDC) was established in 1965 and is responsible for re- 

 gional planning in the bay area. 



In the Santa Barbara area a citizens group called GOO (Get the Oil 

 Out), organized in 1969, is working for limited development of oil 

 resources in the Santa Barbara channel until technology advances to 

 the point that the odds against disasters will be increased greatly. 

 The Santa Barbara Mariculture Foundation (SBMF), a volunteer group, 

 is working to restore aquatic life, particularly the abalone. 



424. CALIFORNIA, State Universities and Colleges 



The University of California (UC) includes the Institute of 

 Marine Resources (IMR), located at San Diego, but serving the entire 

 university system. IMR supports research in the sea, administers the 

 University's Sea Grant Program, and supports the Food Chain Research 

 Group (FCRG). The latter was organized in 1963 to study the marine 

 food web, and, in 1974, it instituted the Southern California Bight 

 Studies (SCBS). 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) has been affiliated with 

 UC since its establishment in 1912 and is now a part of the Univer- 

 sity's San Diego (UCSD) campus. SIO includes the Advanced Ocean 

 Engineering Laboratory (AOEL) and the Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) . 

 It operates two research platforms: Floating Instrument Platform 

 (FLIP) and the Oceanographic Research Buoy (ORB). ORB serves as a 

 surface launch for research equipment and as a work area. 



SIO supported the Scripps Tuna Oceanography Research program (STOR) 

 from 1957 to 1973 when the program was cancelled. It is project man- 

 ager for the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) carried on by a consor- 

 tium of five oceanographic institutions known as the Joint Oceanogra- 

 phic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES). It is making a 

 Nearshore Sediment Transport Study (NSTS) as a part of its Sea Grant 

 program. 



The University of California was designated a Sea Grant College 

 in 1973, and its program incorporates or consolidate all Sea Grant 

 activities in the University of California and California State Uni- 

 versity. The California Marine Advisory Program (CMAP) was estab- 

 lished to coordinate marine-related activities at the several univer- 

 sities and colleges and to provide citizen access to expertise at 

 all institutions. 



UC includes the Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML), a support facility 

 for several campuses. Its Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) is 

 concerned with nuclear radiation, including that in the marine envi- 

 ronment, and its Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories (LBL) is concerned 



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