policy-oriented commission supported in research and other action 

 items by the Oceanographic Institute of Washington (OIW) , a nonprofit 

 research and education corporation. OIW operates the Northwest Re- 

 gional Calibration Center (NRCC) and has studies and programs in 

 marine resource use, environmental protection, marine education, 

 fishing, vessel safety, and aquaculture. 



The University of Washington (UW) has an active marine research as 

 it relates to atmospheric research, particularly in the Arctic. The 

 College of Fisheries has been involved in research in fishery prob- 

 lems in the Pacific Northwest since 1919. The Division of Marine 

 Resources is responsible for Washington's Sea Grant Program (WSG), 

 and an Institute for Marine Studies (IMS) fosters innovative inter- 

 disciplinary courses of study and new approaches to marine policy 

 research. It is also one of the major participants in the Rivera 

 Ocean Seismic Experiment (ROSE), a program being conducted in the 

 eastern Pacific to understand how new material placed at an accreting 

 plate boundary evolves into the "typical" structure postulated for 

 the outer 100 km of the Earth's surface. 



Among the university projects was SEA USE, a 1968 project to place 

 a habitat on the Cobb Seamount and the North Pacific Fisheries Project 

 (NORFISH), an ongoing project of the Sea Grant program begun in 1971, 

 NORFISH is developing a total systems analysis of the North Pacific 

 fisheries in cooperation with the fishing industry. Federal and State 

 agencies, and universities; the objective is to conserve fishery re- 

 sources. 



Gray's Harbor College (GHC) participates in the Washington Sea 

 Grant Program and provides vocational training in fish and game man- 

 agement and mariculture. It is responsible for the Ocean Shores 

 Marine Information Center (OSMIC), a Sea Grant-sponsored project to 

 provide marine information to the public. 



453. WISCONSIN 



The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is responsible for 

 State marine research activities and includes an Environmental Pro- 

 tection Division and a Fish Management Section. 



The University of Wisconsin (UWIS) is a Sea Grant Program partici- 

 pant (WISSG). It is responsible for the Center for Great Lakes 

 Studies (CGLS) and the Geophysical and Polar Research Center (GPRC). 



C. REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 



454. ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION: ASMFC 

 Established in 1942 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com- 

 pact, (ASMFC) promotes the better use of fisheries of the 15 Atlantic 

 seaboard States through the development of a joint program for promo- 

 tion and protection of fisheries and the prevention of physical waste 

 of fisheries from any cause. 



455. CHESAPEAKE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: CRC 



Chartered in 1972 by the State of Maryland, the Consortium in- 

 cludes the Smithsonian Institution's Chesapeake Bay Center for Envi- 

 ronmental Studies, the University of Maryland, the Johns Hopkins 

 University's Chesapeake Bay Institute, and the Virginia Institute of 

 Marine Sciences. 



456. COASTAL STATES ORGANIZATION: CSO 



Established in 1970, CSO gathers, and disseminates information 

 on marine affairs of interest to the 32 States bordering the oceans 



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