an Ocean Coordinating Committee (OCC) and for a number of years has 

 been a cosponsor of the Marine Technology Society's annual meeting. 



539. INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: lES 



A professional society, lES is dedicated to the improvement 

 and protection of the environment. It includes a Committee on Marine 

 Environmental Science. 



540. INSTRUMENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA: ISA 



Founded in 1945, ISA includes a Marine Science Division (MASID) 

 concerned with the development of instruments for use in the marine 

 environment. 



541. INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPAMY: INCO 



INCO operates the Francis L. LaQue Corrosion Laboratory (FLLCL) 

 at Wrightsville, N.C., where studies of marine corrosion are made. 

 Besides studies of marine corrosion, FLLCL studies desalination 

 methods, seawater, and marine materials and engineering principles. 

 INCO holds the yearly Sea Horse Institute at Wrightsville Beach. 



542. MARINA ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: MAA 



Founded in 1978, MAA has had organizational help from Sea Grant 

 personnel at Texas A&M University. 



543. MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: MBL 



Located at Woods Hole, Mass. , MBL is an independent biological 

 laboratory incorporated in 1888 as a laboratory or station for scien- 

 tific study and investigation and a school for instruction in biology 

 and natural history. It publishes the bimonthly Biological Bulletin . 



544. MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION: MIA 



545. MARINE PROTEIN INDUSTRIES, INC.: MPI 



546. MARINE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: MRDF 



547. MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY: MTS 



A nonprofit organization for persons with a professional in- 

 terest in the marine field, MTS was founded in 1963. In 1971 it ab- 

 sorbed the American Society for Oceanography (ASO) , formed in 1965. 

 MTS includes 21 committees, each specializing in a separate field. 

 It comprises many local sections throughout the United States and 

 Canada. The Los Angeles regional section is identified as MTS/LARS, 

 and the Southern New England section as SNEMTS. The several sections 

 in the Pacific region form the Pacific Rim Alliance (PACRIM). 



548. MOTE MARINE LABORATORY: MML 



Established originally as the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory, MML 

 specializes in shark research, estuarine ecology, and marine biology. 



549. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MARINE SURVEYORS: NAMS 

 Founded in 1960. 



550. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AGENCIES: 

 NASPA 



551. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNDERWATER INSTRUCTORS: NAUI 

 Founded in 1960, to encourage training and education in safe 



water activities. 



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