Table 7-2.—Federal laboratories conducting research related to marine 
science and engineering 
Department or agency 
facility and location 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
Function 
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center 
Seattle, Wash. 
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center, 
Marine Mammal Division, Seattle, Wash. 
Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory 
Auke Bay, Alaska 
Kodiak Laboratory, Kodiak, Alaska 
Seattle Laboratory, Seattle, Wash. 
Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami, Fla. 
Pascagoula Laboratory, Pascaguola, Miss. 
National Fisheries Engineering 
Laboratory, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 
Galveston Laboratory, Galveston, Tex. 
Panama City Laboratory, 
Panama City, Fla. 
Port Aransas Laboratory 
Port Aransas, Tex. 
Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C. 
College Park Laboratory, 
College Park, Md. 
(relocating to Charleston, S.C. 3/78) 
Northeast Fisheries Center 
Woods Hole, Mass. 
Narragansett Laboratory, 
Narragansett, R.I. 
Milford Laboratory, Milford, Conn. 
Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, Md. 
Sandy Hook Laboratory, Highlands, N.J. 
Gloucester Laboratory, Gloucester, Mass. 
National Systematics Laboratory 
Washington, D.C. 
Atlantic Environmental Group 
Narragansett, R.I. 
Research on living marine sources in temperate and subarctic North- 
east Pacific Ocean. 
Research on northern fur seal of Pribilof Islands. 
Research directed toward establishing limits and biological productiv- 
ity of living marine resources in waters adjacent to Alaska. 
Studies on problems related to fish and shellfish processing and qual- 
ity and studies of parameters affecting mortalities during live holding 
of crab. 
Research and development on improved use of marine resources. 
Conducts fishery, biological, oceanographic, and chemical research. 
Conducts resource surveys and biological fisheries research to assess 
underutilized fisheries resources. 
Advance fishery technology. 
Shrimp aquaculture research and technology. 
Research on biology and ecology of coastal marine fishes. 
Biology and ecology of coastal marine fishes. 
Resource evaluation of Atlantic and Gulf menhaden and marine fishes 
of natural and artificial reefs. 
Research in fishery technology. 
Research and development relating to stocks of fish supporting sport 
and commercial fisheries in Northwest Atlantic. 
Basic research in larval fish and invertebrate physiology and taxonomy 
and gamefish ecology. 
Determine effects of environmenial factors on marine resources of 
New England waters. 
Fishery biology and management; diseases, pathology, ecology and 
life history. 
Research in marine fisheries, biological oceanography and estuarine 
ecology. 
To improve quality, quantity and variety of marine products reaching 
the consumer. 
Research on taxonomy of selected kinds of marine and aquatic or- 
ganisms. 
Conduct marine environmental studies, provide oceanographic and 
meteorological data, and interpret data and interrelationships for use 
in fisheries and environmental forecasting. 
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