The National Oceanographic Data Center is sponsored by government agencies 

 tiaving an interest in the marine environment; it is governed by an Advisory Board com- 

 posed of representatives of these activities and the National Academy of Sciences. The 

 U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office is assigned responsibility for management of the 

 National Oceanographic Data Center. 



The Sponsoring Agencies are: 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



Coast and Geodetic Survey 



Coast Guard 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Department of the Navy 



Geological Survey 



Health, Education & Welfare 



National Science Foundation 



Weather Bureau 



Office 



