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Ocean Surveys Advisory Panel of the Interagency Committee on 
Oceanography. On this panel are representatives of each of 
the agencies involved as well as a representative of the non- 
governmental scientific community appointed by the National 
Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography. Cooperation 
with the Interagency Committee on Atmospheric Sciences insures 
the consideration of their requirements in survey planning. 
The importance and magnitude of the Ocean Surveys Program 
necessitate that is be planned and conducted with the advice 
and assistance of the most competent scientists both within 
and outside of the Federal Government. For this reason, there 
will be an annual planning and review conference at; which the 
Ocean Surveys Advisory Panel will meet with a group of non- 
government scientists who are actively engaged in work in 
the various fields of marine science. This conference will 
review the results of the previous year's survey operations 
and will advise on the planning for the coming year. These 
conferences and the continued informal contacts with the 
non-governmental scientific community will insure that Ocean 
Surveys are providing the maximum amount of useful scientific 
data required to satisfy the needs of all users. 
In order that the Ocean Surveys portion of the overall 
National Oceanographic Program remain in proper balance with 
the other oceanographic activities, there will continue to 
be careful scrutiny of this aspect as well as of the other 
parts of the program to insure overall program balance. This 
program review is carried out annually be the Interagency 
