497. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS: ASCE 



Founded In 1852, ASCE includes a Waters, Harbors, and Coastal 

 Engineering Division and a Technical Council on Ocean Engineering 

 which promotes the advancement of deep ocean civil engineering. 



498. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ICHTHYOLOGISTS AND HERPETOLOGISTS: ASIH 

 Founded in 1913, ASIH is a professional organization for the 



advancement of the study of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. 



499. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: ASIL 



Organized in 1906 to promote international relations on the 

 basis of law and justice, ASIL is involved in the Law of the Sea 

 Conferences and other aspects of maritime law. 



500. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY: ASLO 

 Founded in 1936 as the Limnological Society of American, ASLO 



assumed its present name in 1949. It promotes and publishes research 

 in aquatic sciences through meetings, symposia, and the publication 

 of the journal Limnology and Oceanography . 



501. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAMMALOGISTS : ASM 



Organized in 1919, ASM is concerned with research, education, 

 and conservation of mammals and all phases of mammalogy. It has a 

 Committee on Marine Mammals and is especially concerned with those 

 threatened with extinction. 



502. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: ASME 

 ASME was founded in 1880. 



503. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY: ASM 



Formerly the Society of American Bacteriologists, ASM was estab- 

 lished in 1899. 



504. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS: ASNE 

 ASNE was founded in 1888. 



505. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY : ASP 



ASP was founded in 1934. One of its objectives is to promote 

 the use of aerial photography and remote sensing for studying the 

 environment. 



506. AMERICAN TUNABOAT ASSOCIATION: ATA 

 ATA was founded in 1923. 



507. AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION: AWRA 



Founded in 1964, AWRA is a nonprofit scientific organization 

 to advance water resources research. it is responsible for the 

 compilation of Water Resources Abstracts . 



508. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN SHIP OWNERS: AASO 

 Now inactive. 



509. ASSOCIATION OF SEA GRANT PROGRAM INSTITUTES: ASGPI 



510. ATLANTIC ESTUARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY: AERS 



A nonprofit society formed in 1949 for educational purposes, 

 AERS has the objective of promoting informal discussion and exchange 

 of ideas on estuaries, especially those in the Chesapeake Bay- 

 Carolina area. It is a member of the New England Estuarine Research 

 Society (NEERS). 



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