New Caledonia and Nosy-Be, Malagasy Republique. The Institut Scien- 

 tifique et Technique des Peches Maritiraes (ISTPM) maintains 10 sta- 

 tions along the French coast. The Bureau de Recherches Geologiques 

 et Minieres (BRGM) is involved in offshore explorations. Other 

 groups with interests in offshore geology are the Universite de 

 Montpellier' s Laboratoire de Geophysique Appliquee a I'Oceanographie 

 (LGAO) and the Institut de Geologie du Bassin d'Aquitaine (IGBA). 



Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises (TAAF) maintains several 

 laboratories that do oceanographic research. The Centre de Recherches 

 et d' Etudes Oceanographiques (CREO) is concerned with the protection 

 of the marine environment. The Meteorologie Nationale (MN) has 

 programs in marine meteorology and operates stationary weather ships. 

 The Centre d' Etudes Marine Avancees (CEMA) researches underwater 

 devices. The Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (ONES) is concerned 

 with applications of satellites and remote sensing to marine activi- 

 ties. 



The Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) sponsors a Labora- 

 toire d'Oceanographie Physique (LOP). The universities of Paris 

 and Rennes and the Institut Oceanographique de Paris (lOP) also in- 

 clude lop's. The Universite de Nice supports the Centre d'Etudes et 

 des Recherches sur le Droit et I'Environement Marin (CERDEM). 



A number of French agencies are involved in the Plan de la Lutte 

 contre les Pollutions Marines Accidentelles (POLMAR), instituted orig- 

 inally in 1970 and strengthened in 1978 following the Amoco Cadiz 

 catastrophe. 



Other acronyms and abbreviations associated with France are AFEE — 

 Association Francaise pour 1' Etude des Eaux; ASTEO — Association 

 Scientifique et Technique pour 1' Exploitation des Oceans; COMEX — 

 Compagnie Maritime d' Expertises; DORIS — Societe de Development Oper- 

 ationnel des Richesses Sous-Marines; SNPA — Societe Nationale des 

 Petroles d'Aquitaine; CEPM — Comite d'Etudes Petrolieres Marines; 

 FFESSM — Federation Francaise d'Etudes et des Sports Sous-Marins; and 

 AFERNOD — Association Francaise pour 1' Exploitation et la Recherche 

 des Nodules. 



618. GABON 



The Servifce Maritime et Fluvial (SMF) is responsible for hydro- 

 graphic surveys and related marine science activities. 



619. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 



The Academle der Wis^enschaf ten des Deutsches Demokratisches 

 Republik (DDR) includes an In>:*-' tut fuer Meereskunde (IfM), which 

 is responsible for most of the marine research activities in the "DDR. 



620. GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF 



The Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (DOD), or German 

 Oceanographic Data Center, was organized in 1967. It is attached to 

 and administered by the Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut (DHI), 

 which has long been involved in marine surveys. DOD receives advice 

 from an advisory board of representatives from DHI and the Deutsche 

 Forschungsgemeinschaf t (DFG) or German Research Association. The 

 Sonderforschungsberichte of the DFG (SFG) conducts marine research. 

 Marine meteorology is handled by the Deutsches Wetterdienst See- 

 wetteramt (DWS). 



The Bundesanstalt fuer Unterwasserschall und Geophysik (BUG), also 

 referred to as the Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr fuer Wasserschall 

 und Geophysik (FWG), is sponsoring the Baltic Environmental and Acous- 

 tic Range (BALEAR). The Bundesforschungsanstalt fuer Fischerei 

 (BUFOFI) includes the Institut fuer Fangtechnik (IfFang), the Institut 



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