research. LU operated the Wetlands Institute (WI), a separate non- 

 profit organization funded in part by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 

 which promotes research and public education. The Institute for 

 Development of Riverine and Estuarine Systems (IDRES), a consortium 

 of institutions in Pennsylvania and Delaware, is affiliated with LU. 



447. PUERTO RICO 



The Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (PRWRA) is concerned 

 with the use and conservation of Puerto Rico's marine environment. 

 The Commonwealth also supports the Puerto Rico International Undersea 

 Laboratory (PRINUL) and the Puerto Rico Undersea R&D Corp. (PRURDCO). 

 The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) includes a Department of Marine 

 Sciences (DMS), formerly the Institute of Marine Biology (1MB). It 

 sponsors the Institute of Caribbean Science (ICS); the Center for 

 Energy and Environment Research (CEER), which is involved in research- 

 ing an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) site off Puerto Rico's 

 coast; and the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center (PNRC), which is involved 

 in environmental studies for a potential coastal nuclear generating 

 plant. 



448. RHODE ISLAND 



Rhode Island's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the 

 Fish and Wildlife Division of DNR perform research in the marine 

 environment at the State level. Its Council of Environmental Quality 

 (CEQ) works to conserve and improve the marine environment, and its 

 Coastal Resources Management Council (RICRMC), established in 1971, 

 maintains and regulates its coastal resources. 



The University of Rhode Island (URI) includes a Graduate School of 

 Oceanography (GSO) at the Narragansett Marine Laboratory (NML). URI 

 is a Sea Grant Institute and is responsible for the National Sea Grant 

 Depository (NSGD) at URI's Pell Marine Science Library (PMSL). The 

 New England Marine Advisory Service (NEMRIP), an association of marine 

 advisory, extension, and educational programs supported by the Sea 

 Grant Program Office of NOAA, is at URI. 



URI also supports a Center for Ocean Management Studies (COMS). 

 For many years it was responsible for the Law of the Sea Institute 

 (LOSI), now at the University of Hawaii. It is currently involved 

 in the Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) funded by the 

 Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 



449. SOUTH CAROLINA 



South Carolina's Wildlife and Marine Resources Department (WMRD) 

 and its Marine Resources Research Institute (MRRI) have active research 

 programs in the State's marine environments. Its Department of Health 

 and Environmental Control (DHEC) is also concerned. In 1977 the State 

 established the South Carolina Coastal Council (SCCC) to plan its 

 coastal zone management program. 



The University of South Carolina (USC) operates the Belle W. Baruch 

 Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research (BIMBCR or BWBIMBCR), 

 which studies coastal water estuaries and wetlands including pollution 

 of and analyses of undisturbed marsh-estuarine ecosystems. In 1975 USC 

 established an Oil-Spill Assessment Team (OSAT) to study spills and to 

 develop a system to classify shoreline types as to their vulnerability 

 to spills. 



450. TEXAS 



Included among the State agencies with interests in the marine 

 environment are the General Land Office (GLO), responsible for develop- 

 ment of the coastal zone; the Parks and Wildlife Department (PWD) and 



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