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Bottom trawling to study the distribution and relative abundance of 

 demersal species in relation to the topography and nature of the bottom, 

 will be conducted on Cruises 1 and k, using a single-warp shrimp trawl. 

 Catches will be assessed quantitatively at sea, given a preliminary sorting, 

 and sent to the U. S. National Museum for final distribution to qualified 

 taxonomists for systematic studies of the fishes and invertebrates collected, 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 



Support of the United States program for the IIOE by the National 

 Science Foundation is epitomized by the following tabulation of grants 

 made since 196O: 



NSF Grant No, Institution 



Principal 



Title 



Amount 



G- 11800 



National Academy 

 of Sciences - 

 National Research 

 Council 



Investigator 

 R. C. Vetter 



Support to the $ k'J ,kOO 

 Special Committee 

 on Oceanic Research 

 of the International 

 Council of Scienti- 

 fic Unions. 



G- 16570 



National Academy 

 of Sciences - 

 National Research 

 Council 



G. D. Meid Support of Coordi- 56,900 

 nator, Indian Ocean 

 Expedition 



GI657OAI 



National Academy 

 of Sciences - 

 National Research 

 Council 



L. Hoover 



Support of Coordi- 41j-,200 

 nator, Indian Ocean 

 Expedition 



G- 17182 



Woods Hole 



Oceanographic 



Institution 



J. H. Ryther 



Planning of a pro- 2^,000 

 gram in biology for 

 the Indian Ocean 

 Expedition 



G- 19289 



University of 

 Hawaii 



C. S. Ramage 



Support of U. S. 

 Meteorology Pro- 

 gram of the Indian 

 Ocean Expedition 



97,200 



G-20952 



G- 21960 



Woods Hole 



Oceanographic 



Institution 



University of 

 Rhode Island 



J. H. Ryther 



J. A. Knauss 



U. S. Program in ^50,000 

 biology for the 

 International Indian 

 Ocean Expedition 



Equatorial Circula-100,000 

 tion of the Indian 

 Ocean 



