641. NEW CALEDONIA 



France's Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique 

 d'Outre-Mer (ORSTOM) includes a center at Noumea. 



642. NEW ZEALAND 



The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (OSIR) 

 includes the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute (NSOI) responsible 

 for most of the civilian oceanographic research. The Defense Scien- 

 tific Establishment (DSE) is responsible for oceanographic research 

 for the military and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) 

 for fishery research. 



643. NICARAGUA 



The Ministerio de Obras Publicas (MOP) includes a hydrographic 

 section responsible for hydrographic surveying. 



644. NIGERIA 



The Nigerian Forts Authority (NPA) and the Hydrographic Office 

 of the Nigerian Navy (NNHO) are primarily responsible for physical 

 oceanographic surveys. The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and 

 Marine Research (NIOMR) specializes in marine biological and fishery 

 research. 



645. NORWAY 



The Norsk Oseanograf isk Datasenter (NOD) is a part of the 

 Fiskeridirektoratet Havforskningsinstitutt (FHI) or Institute of Mar- 

 ine Research. FHI is a major participant in marine research programs 

 in Norway. Others are the Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt Avdeling 

 for Undervannskrigsforskning (FFIU) or Division of Underwater Warfare 

 of the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, the Meteorologisk 

 Institutt (MI), and the Norges Sjorkartneik (NS) or Hydrographic 

 Office. Marine research is conducted at the Universitetet i Bergen 

 (UIB), the Universitetet i Oslo (UIO), the Universitetet i Tromso 

 (UIT), and the Universitetet i Trondheim. 



Norway's oceanographic program is given direction by the Norges 

 Almenirlenskapeligi Forskningsrad (NAVF), the Norsk Oseanograf isk 

 Komite (NOK), and the Norwegian Council of Fisheries whose abbrevia- 

 tion is (NFFR). 



646. PAKISTAN 



The Hydrographic Department (HD) of the Pakistan Navy serves as 

 the national center for oceanographic data. The Meteorological De- 

 partment (MD) is concerned with marine meteorology. Fishery research 

 is the concern both of the Department of Fisheries (FD) in the Ministry 

 of Agriculture and Works (MAW) and of the Institute of Marine Biology 

 at Karachi University (KUIMB). 



647. PANAMA 



The Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) is responsible for mar- 

 ine research. 



648. PERU 



The Oceanographic Department of the Instituto del Mar del Peru 

 (IMARPE) is the designated national agency for oceanographic data. 

 Other agencies involved in marine research are the Direccion de Hidro- 

 grafla y Navegacion de la Marina (DHN), Direccion de Meteorologia 

 (DM) , and Ministerio de Pesqueria (MP) . The Universidad Nacional 

 "Federico Villarreal" (UNFV) includes programs in marine sciences. 



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