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The Commission's Marine Resources 
Advisory Gommiitec will act as a Board of 
Trustees for the Institute. This Committee 
will assist the Director in developing and 
implementing annual programs of work. 
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technical committees to help guide its pro- 
These technical committees will be 
composed of professionals in the different 
‘Iso have several 
pram. 
sub-specialtics in marine resources drawn 
from the Region a> «cll as from other parts 
of the country. 
Land and Water Use Plarninn was 
selected for special emphasi= * ° aac 
Resources Advisory Comse'': : 
mission is charged with preparing, |onp-range, 
comprehensive economic development plans. 
The need for systematic planning is most 
obvious in the Coastal Zone. The economic 
conflicts are most intense there, and the 
social and political considerations most com- 
plex. Competition for these resources will 
grow more intense, and many decisions, 
once carried out, can never be undone. 
The Commission wants to raise the 
per capita income of the Region by attracting 
industries that will create high-wage job 
opportunities. it wants to achieve this goal 
as soon as possible. However, it does not 
want short-term gains that wil] destroy the 
long-term potentials of the environment. The 
state and local governments need sound advice 
for making land use decisions. The Commis- 
sion intends to help them by sponsoring a 
study which will produce a Marine Use Profile. 
This study will include: 
© collection of data concerning the 
present utilization of Coastal Zone 
resources and the social and eco- 
nomic ends served, 
o analysis of the effectiveness of past 
and present measures for deter- 
mining this utilization, 
so identification of the potential of 
these resources, 
o evaluation of new or different meagured 
for encomraying or requiring optitnum 
utilization of the resgonreca, 
oO preparation of maps depicting exiating 
resources, existing uses, and 
optimum uses, and 
9 recommendations concerning, imple- 
mentation, including, model codes for 
resource manasrement. 
The Commission has requested the U. S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
to assist in funding this study. The purpose of 
this study is to identify the cconomic potentiaJ 
of the Coastal Zone resources and to provide 
those with the responsibility for decisions with 
an analytical framework for evaluating cach 
potential use in terms of particular goals and 
objectives. 
Minerals and Chemicals 
The need for a Marine Use Profile is 
most evident when considering the development 
of minerals and chemicals industries in the 
Region. The Advisory Committee and Com- 
mission staff have been trying to obtain a 
definitive evaluation of the Region's mineral] 
potential. A considerable amount of infor- 
mation has been compiled from published 
sources by the State geologists as well as by 
consultants. This effort will be continucd by 
the Marine Use Profile Study. It will develep 
maps depicting geologic strata and will devclop 
model codes designed to foster exploration and 
exploitation in ways that will cause minimal 
long-run damage to the environment. The Com 
mission has also urged the appropriate Federal] 
officials to conduct the needed bathymetric and 
geological surveys of the adjacent continental 
shelf. 
In trying to evaluate the mineral potential 
of the Region, the Commission has repeatedly 
been advised that commercially extractable 
concentrations of petroleum probably exist 
off-shore. Exploration thus far has not re- 
sulted in a producing well; however, there has 
been very little exploration. 
