Table 1 

 CURRENT FUNDING BY FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR ACTIVITIES 

 RELATING TO THE COASTAL ZONE 



r _, , . (millions of dollars) Source 

 Federal Agency FY 1968 FY 1969 Note 



Department of the Interior (61.2) (62.3) 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 7.7 7.9 1 



Federal Water Pollution Control Administration . 3.5 4.6 1 



Geological Survey 4.7 4.9 1 



National Park Service 8.2 7.8 1 



Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife .... 7.8 9.8 1 



Bureau of Land Management — — 2 



Bureau of Mines 1.4 1.5 1 



Office of Saline Water 0.4 0.3 1 



Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 27.1 25.1 1 



Office of Water Resources Research 0.4 0.4 1 



Department of Commerce (48.1) (49.4) 



Environmental Science Services Administration . . 10.8 10.6 1 



Maritime Administration 0.5 1.7 3 



Economic Development Authority 36.8 37.1 5 



Department of Transportation (292.9) (283.0) 



Coast Guard 287.8 272.5 1 



St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation 5.1 10.5 4 



Department of Health, Education and Welfare . . . 4.4 4.8 1 



Department of State 1.0 1.0 4 



Department of Defense (211.1) (198.2) 



Corps of Engineers 196.0 183.0 1 



Navy 15.1 15.2 3 



Smithsonian Institution 0.2 0.2 1 



National Science Foundation 6.4 6.4 3 



Water Resources Council ' 0.3 — 5 



Atomic Energy Commission 2.3 2.3 3 



Federal Power Commission — — 2 



Total 627.9 607.6 



Source: 



1. National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development Panel Hearings, Sept. 23-25, 1968. 



2. Figures not available or significant 



3. Commission panel hearing, Oct. 9-12, 1967 



4. U.S. Budget (Appendix) FY 1969 



5. Separate communication to the panel. 



—Shellfish culture in coastal areas— oysters, clams, 

 shrimp, northern lobster, and blue crab 



sary because of increased foreign pressures on the -Freshwater pond culture-channel catfish 

 declining potentials in waters fished by U.S. 

 fishermen and because of continued loss of fishery 

 habitat through increasing encroachments on the 

 estuaries by urban and industrial developments. -Artificial propagation of marine finfish-sabnon, 



pompano, and other selected species. 



Recommended emphasis includes three major Freshwater pond culture of channel catfish is 

 areas: not dependent on favorable habitat in the coastal 



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