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Authorizing a program to advance the practice of aquaculture. 



Authorizing bathymetric, geophysical, and geological surveys of the Con- 

 tinental shelf and slope adjacent to U.S. coasts. 



Authorizing a national environmental monitoring and prediction system. 



Authorizing a program to explore beneficial modification of environmental 

 conditions and effects of inadvertent interference. 



Authorizing a marine instrument testing and calibration program. 



Centering responsibility for coordinating weather modification activities 

 in NOAA. 



Mr. Lennon. Would you indicate the areas to which you will 

 address your remarks if they are included in the highlights? 



STATEMENT OF JOHN H. PERRY, JR., PRESIDENT, PERRY 

 PUBLICATIONS, INC. 



Mr. Perry. I will deal with improving the national capability, 

 starting at page 2. 



The Commission's concern with science and technology appears 

 throughout its report — in relation to coastal management, fresh water 

 restoration, resource development, deep-sea exploration, environ- 

 mental monitoring, and a host of marine services. Although each of 

 these areas presents special requirements, they all draw on a common 

 pool of knowledge regarding the sea and on a common reservoir of 

 fundamental engineering skiU. 



Arrangements for the support of marine science are well established, 

 but must be improved to provide means for attacking large-scale 

 problems and greater continuity of funding. In contrast, there is now 

 no strong civil marine technology program; initiation of such a pro- 

 gram is needed to increase our access to the sea and its resources, 

 lower the costs of marine operations while increasing their reliability 

 and safety, and provide the knowledge needed to make intelligent 

 decisions regarding large future public and private investments. 



To provide a more effective attack on large-scale scientific problems, 

 the Commission proposes that a small group of institutions, including 

 the present leaders in ocean research, be designated as university- 

 national laboratories and equipped to undertake major marine tasks 

 of global or regional nature. Coastal laboratories also should be 

 established in association with universities in each of the Coastal 

 States and aided in developing adequate facilities and continuing 

 programs in coastal engineering and ecological research. Institutional 

 support for these two categories of laboratories must be supplemented 

 by research grants to individual scientists engaged in valuable basic 

 research both in these laboratories and elsewhere throughout the 

 Nation in order to maintain highly desirable diversity in the total 

 enterprise. 



A national program to advance fundamental marine technology 

 should emphasize activities basic to a wide variety of potential 

 applications and be supported by NOAA through grants and contracts 

 to industry and universities. Many fields of technology must be 

 significantly advanced before the Nation can achieve the goals pro- 

 posed by the Commission: To be able to perform productive work 

 for sustained periods at depths to 2,000 feet and to have useful access 

 to depths of 20,000 feet. The 2,000-foot depth was proposed because 

 it covers the 2,000-foot area. Also, we feel man can work to that 

 depth with the present promise of technology. 



