become of interest to the Nation. The Defense 

 share of the market is dropping. In 1967 Defense 

 accounted for 63 per cent of the total while in 

 1968 it accounted for only sUghtly more than 50 

 per cent. 



The market may also be characterized by the 



funds being allocated to specific programs as 



indicated in Table 3. Presumably the amount of 



Table 3. TOTAL FEDERAL MARINE 



SCIENCE PROGRAM BY MAJOR 



PURPOSE (in millions of dollars) 



International Cooperation 



and Collaboration . . . 

 Military Security .... 

 Fishery Development and 



Seafood Technology . . 

 Transportation .... 

 Development of the 



Coastal Zone' .... 



Health 



Non-living Resources . . 

 Oceanographic Research^ . 

 Manpower and Education . 

 Environmental Observation, 



Prediction, and Services . 

 Ocean Exploration, Mapping, 



Charting, and Geodesy 

 General Purpose Ocean 



Engineering .... 

 National Data Centers . 



Total 



Estimated 

 FY 1967 



7.1 

 161.8 



38.1 

 11.9 



21.4 

 6.6 

 7.2 



61.5 

 4.0 



24.4 



77.4 



14.8 

 1.8 



Estimated 

 FY 1968 



438.0 



7.6 

 136.9 



41.2 

 15.2 



26.7 

 5.2 

 8.1 



78.4 

 7.2 



24.5 



74.5 



18.2 

 2.0 



447.7^ 



Includes shore development, pollution management, 

 recreation. 



^Research beneficial to more than one of the headings 

 above. 



.022 per cent increase. 



tion of global leadership in the field. Tables 4 and 

 5 show this Nation to be first in numbers of 

 oceanographic research vessels and in marine 

 scientists engaged in research. 



Table 4. DISTRIBUTION OF OCEANO- 

 GRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS BY 

 COUNTRY 



Member State 

 Reporting 



Number of Research 

 Vessels (15 m. and 

 larger) 



United States 188 



U.S.S.R 110 



Japan 42 



United Kingdom 28 



Canada 22 



France 18 



Federal Republic of Germany. 17 



South Africa 12 



Denmark 11 



Argentina 10 



Portugal 10 



Norway 9 



Poland 9 



Sweden 9 



Australia 8 



Netherlands 8 



Venezuela 6 



New Zealand 5 



Thailand 5 



Source: Marine Science and Technology: Survey and Pro- 

 posals, Report of the Secretary General, United Nations 

 Economic and Social Council, April 24, 1968. 



Table 5. COUNTRIES REPORTING 50 OR 



MORE MARINE SCIENTISTS ENGAGED 



IN MARINE RESEARCH 



State 



funding in each program area is a measure of the United States 



priority assigned to it in the National effort. The Japan 



overwhelming importance of National security is U.S.S.R 



quite apparent. The priority assigned to general United Kingdom 



oceanographic research is gratifying. In 1968 it Canada 



totaled $78.4 miUion or nearly 18 per cent of the France 



total National effort. Federal Republic of Germany 



This market has been growing by almost any Chile 



standards, and the United States occupies a posi- Netherlands 



Number of 

 Scientists 



2,000 



1,600 



1,600 



650 



509 



475 



300 



113 



95 



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