Table 7—2.—Federal laboratories conducting research related to marine 
science and engineering (continued) 
Department or agency 
facility and location 
Function 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOD) 
Fish and Wildlife Service (F WS) 
Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory 
Ann Arbor, Mich. 
Southeastern Fish Control Laboratory 
Warm Springs, Ga. 
Hammond Bay Biological Station, 
Millersburg, Mich. 
Western Fish Nutrition Laboratory 
Cook, Wash. 
Abernathy Salmon Culture Development 
Center, Longview, Wash. 
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 
National Center, Reston, Va. 
Geologic Division, Office of Marine Geology, 
Reston, Va. 
Branch of Atlantic — Gulf of Mexico 
Marine Geology, Quissett Campus, 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 
Woods Hole, Mass. 
Field Office, Corpus Christi, Tex. 
Branch of Pacific — Arctic Marine Geology, 
Menlo Park, Calif. 
Conservation Division, Reston, Va. 
Eastern Region, Washington, D.C. 
Gulf of Mexico Region, Metarie, La. 
Western Region, Mento Park, Calif. 
Research to delineate physical and biological parameters of Great 
Lakes, including fish population dynamics. 
Develop analytical methods for determining residues of fish control 
agents in fish. Toxicity studies on lamprey larvicide TFM. 
Research on sea lamprey control, utilizing both chemical and _ bio- 
logical methods. 
Research on nutritional needs.of western salmon and trout. 
Develop improved method of culturing fish (primary emphasis on 
Pacific salmon). 
Performs surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, 
geology, and mineral and water resources of the United States. 
Investigations of marine geological resources and environment. 
Investigations of the geological resources and environments of the 
Atlantic continental shelf. 
Investigations of the geological resources and environments of the 
Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. 
Investigations of the geological resources anad environments of the 
Pacific and Arctic continental shelf. 
Classification and evaluation of mineral resource potentials of offshore 
Federal lands. Supervision of offshore mineral development and ex- 
traction operations on leased Federal lands. 
Classification and evaluation of mineral resource potentials of Atlantic 
offshore Federal lands. Supervision of Atlantic offshore mineral de- 
velopment and extraction operations on leased Federal lands. 
Classification and evaluation of mineral resource potentials of Gulf 
of Mexico offshore Federal lands. Supervision of Gulf of Mexico off- 
shore mineral development and extraction operations on leased Fed- 
eral lands. 
Classification and evaluation of mineral resource potentials of Pacific 
offshore Federal lands. Supervision of Pacific offshore mineral de- 
velopment and extraction operations on leased Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) 
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) 
Research and Development Center 
Groton, Conn. 
Fire Test Facility, Mobile, Ala. 
Research and development, test and evaluation of techniques, equip- 
ment, systems and materials in support of Coast Guard operational 
missions. 
Test and evaluate commercial and recreational boating safety equip- 
ment and methodology. 
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