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16. Aquaculture: 
(a) Oysters, Clams and Mussels. 
(6) Salmon and Trout. 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
1. Major civilian agencies dealing with aspects of ocean affairs of the U.S. 
Government should be grouped together in one Depariment of the Ocean | 
This should include, at least, the National Ocean Data Center, National Ocean 
Instrumentation Center, Hnvironmental Science Services Administration, Bureau 
of Commercial Fisheries, fisheries section of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 
Wildlife, and United States Coast Guard. 
2. The U.S. Government should seek the prompt establishment of a central inter- 
governmental oceanic organization within the United Nations family 
authorized and equipped to deat with all international aspects of ocean 
investigations and the uses of the sea 
This should include, at least, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commis- 
sion of UNESCO, the Department of Fisheries and Committee on Fisheries of 
FAO, the International Hydrographic Bureau, the marine activities of the World 
Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Com- 
mission, and the marine activities of the Resea™ch and Transportation Division 
of ECOSOC. 
3. There should be formed within the Department of State an Office of Special 
Assistant to the Secretary for Ocean Affairs which would have lead respon- 
‘sibility for attending to the diplomatic aspects of the U.S. Government's inter- 
national ocean affairs 
This office should be formed upon the nucleus of the present Office for Special 
Assistant to the Secretary for Fisheries and Wildlife with the functions and 
purview of the new office being broadened to include all international aspects of 
ocean affairs in which the United States is involved. 
4. Within the new Depariment of the Ocean there should be established as an 
agency, bureau or other entity, the Federal fishery function which would have 
lead agency responsibility for ali Federal activities related to fishery science, 
development, trade, management, technology, engineering, and administration 
The Federal Fishery Function should include the functions and personnel pres- 
ently in the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and the fisheries section of the 
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife of the Department of the Interior. 
5. The Federal fishery function should operate within the terms of @ policy 
adopted by the Congress setting out criteria under which the use of living 
aquatic resources would be managed and developed to provide for rational 
muttiple use, and particularly for recreational and commercial purposes 
A suggested formula for such a policy is set out on page 57. 
6. The Federal fisheries function should have lead agency responsibility in all 
technical aspects of international fishery activities of the United States 
Such responsibility should include the Food from the Sea program: bilateral 
fishery technical assistance; activities of the United Nations and its specialized 
agencies involving fisheries; budgetary support for United States participation in 
International Fisheries Commissions; activities of regional international agen- 
cies involving fisheries; activity with international credit agencies involving 
fisheries; and be as responsible and responsive to United States fishing industry 
activity in the foreign as in the domestic field. It should follow and promote the 
technical fisheries interests of the United States as freely and actively in the 
external as in the internal field. 
7. The Federal fishery function should have established by new law clear au- 
thority and responsibility for the management of the use of living aquatic 
resources within the jurisdiction of the United States in accordance with 
the policy set out in recommendation 
While it is appropriate to continue handling fishery management on as local 
a level as practical, both the development and conservation of living resources 
must be conducted in the national, rather than ‘the local, interest and clear respon- 
sibility for doing ‘this must be lodged at the Federal Government level. 
