632. JAPAN 



The Ministry of Transport includes the Japan Maritime Safety 

 Agency (JMSA) , which in turn includes the Hydrographic Department 

 (HDMSA) HDMSA is responsible for oceanographic as well as hydro- 

 graphic surveys and for the Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC). 

 JODC, which began in 1965, also functions as the Kuroshio Data 

 Center (KDC) sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Com- 

 mission IOC). Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) in the 

 Defense Agency is also responsible for oceanographic surveys. 



Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) includes a Marine Department 

 (MDJMA) concerned with marine meteorology for the whole of the North 

 Pacific. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) assigned it 

 the responsibility for the publication of the series of Marine Cli- 

 matological Summaries covering most of the North Pacific Ocean. JMA 

 operates several marine observatories: Hakodate Marine Observatory 

 (HMOJMA), Kobe Marine Observatory (KMOJMA) , Maizuru Marine Observa- 

 tory (MMOJMA), and Nagasaki Marine Observatory (NMOJMA). Japan's 

 Fishery Agency (JFA) operates an extensive system of regional research 

 fishery laboratories at Nansei (NRFRL), Nihonkai (NHRFRL), Hokkaido 

 (HRFRL), Seikai (SRFRL), Tohuku (THRFRL) , and Tokai (TRFRL). In 

 addition it operates the Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory 

 (FSFRL). The Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ) is making marine 

 geological surveys along Japan's coast and in other areas of the 

 Pacific investigating deep-sea mineral resources. Other acronyms or 

 abbreviations are JWIC — Japanese Whaling Information Center, JAMARC — 

 Japan Marine Fishery Resource Center, JARE — Japanese Antarctic Re- 

 search Expedition, JAMSTEC — Japan Marine Science and Technology 

 Center, JAERI — Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, JMS — Japanese 

 Meteorology Society, PIMA — Petroleum Industries Marine Association, 

 and NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research. 



There are universities of fisheries at Shimonoseki (SUF) and 

 Tokyo (TUF). Other universities of interest are the University of 

 Tokyo, which supports and Ocean Research Institute (ORITU); Tokai 

 University which has a College of Marine Science and Technology 

 (CMSTTKU), and others which have faculties of fisheries: Hokkaido 

 (HU), Kagoshima (KU), Mie (MU) , and Nagasaki (NU). 



633. KOREA 



The Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB) of the Ministry of Sci- 

 ence and Technology serves as the national oceanographic data center 

 for Korea. Korea's Hydrographic Office (HO) and its Fisheries Re- 

 search and Development Agency (FRDA) are active in marine research, 

 and its Central Meteorological Office (CMO) is responsible for marine 

 meteorology. Other acronyms and abbreviations are lECOK — Interna- 

 tional Economic Consultative Organization for Korea and KMIDC — Korea 

 Marine Industry Development Corporation. 



634. KUWAIT 



The Institute of Coastal Oceanography and Tides (ICOT) is re- 

 sponsible for marine research. Hydrographic surveying is the re- 

 sponsibility of the Customs and Ports Affairs in the Ministry of 

 Finance and Oil, and marine meteorology is handled by the Meteoro- 

 logical Section in the Ministry of Interior. 



635. MALAGASY REPUBLIC 



The Direction des Affaires Maritimes (DAM) includes an office 

 responsible for hydrographic surveying. Marine research is con- 

 ducted by the French Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique 

 d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), which has a center at Nosy-Be. 



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