OBJECTIVE SIX - TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF RADIOACTIVITY AND POLLUTION 

 ON THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE 

 OCEANS 



Although research in this category may overlap with any or all of the 

 preceding objectives, the implications of contamination of the ocean 

 seem to justify a separate examination of this aspect of the oceano- 

 graphic program. Studies of radioactivity and other pollution are 

 supported by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of 

 Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), and the U, S, Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries (BCF). The AEC has the principal research program concerning 

 radioactivity in the ocean; the HEW is principally involved in actual 

 and potential health problems in the ocean; and the BCF is concerned 

 with the effects of pollution on fishery resources now and in the 

 future, In addition, the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife, Navy, 

 the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Mines, 

 the Army Engineers and other agencies must be orepared to consider 

 their operations from the standpoint of pollution and under given 

 circumstances any of these agencies may develoo an operational orogram 

 in pollution research. For example, the Navy has carried out oollution 

 research in connection with its weapons development program and the 

 Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife is developing a capability for 

 investigating pollution as an aspect of its responsibility for marine 

 fishery resources. 



DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 



DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 



U, S. Navy Hydrographic Office FY-62 $20,000 



FY-63 $20,000 

 A critical area for additional effort will be field and theoretical 

 studies of flushing and dispersion of contaminants which go into 

 solution. Dye dispersal techniques and turbulence measurements will 

 be valuable. Studies on motion of contaminated water will be carried 

 out in nearshore, estuarine and deep oceanic waters. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 



Office of the Chief of Engineers FY-62 $21,000 



FY-63 $20,000 

 Hurricane protection measures often involve the construction of oermanent 

 seawalls or dikes across inlets to shut out the hurricane surge. These 

 walls or dikes may alter mixing and flushing characteristics of the 

 tidal flow and affect the pollution and the fish life of the area. 

 The FY-63 research program will include studies to evaluate the effects 

 of full or partial barriers to tidal flow. 



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