Table 9-2.—Division of responsibilities for ocean activities among Federal agencies * 
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DEVELOPMENT 
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FISHERIES 
Commerce 
NOAA: hatcheries, economic 
utilization, fisheries 
technology, aids to 
industry, allocation 
of resources 
Interior 
Fish and Wildlife Service: 
hatcheries, habitat 
enhancement, technical 
assistance 
Bureau of Indian Affairs: 
Indian fisheries 
COASTAL RESOURCES 
Commerce 
Economic Development 
Administration 
Regional Development 
Commissions 
MARAD: port development 
NOAA: coastal energy, 
impact grants 
Interior 
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation: 
land and water conservation 
programs 
OIL, GAS, AND MINERALS 
Commerce 
Industry and Trade 
Administration: metals, 
minerals, and commodity 
opportunities 
Energy 
Rate of leasing OCS lands 
Interior 
USGS: offshore geological 
surveys 
Bureau of Mines: potential 
of seabed minerals 
ENVIRONMENT 
EPA 
Treatment plant construction 
grants 
SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
Defense 
Navy: technology transfer, 
ship design, subsystems 
engineering, advanced 
ships and craft 
NSF 
Technology transfer 
TRANSPORTATION 
Commerce 
NCAA: marine weather 
forecasts and reports 
NBS: time standards for 
navigation and regional 
weather 
MARAD): construction and 
operating subsidies, port 
development, advanced ship 
systems, advanced ship 
machinery, shipping 
operations information. 
NASA 
Navigational satellites 
Transportation 
Coast Guard: maintenance 
of navigation aids 
EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING 
Commerce 
NOAA: Sea Grant programs 
MARAD: U.S. Maritime Academy, 
State maritime academies 
Defense 
Navy: training and education 
programs, Navy Postgraduate 
School, U.S. Naval 
Academy, NROTC 
EPA 
Treatment plant 
operators training 
HEW 
Office of Education 
Transportation 
Coast Guard: U.S. 
Coast Guard Academy 
1 Abbreviations: 
BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Interior 
CEQ, Council on Environmental Quality 
EPA, Environmental Protection Agency 
FDA, Food and Drug Administration, HEW 
FMC, Federal Maritime Commission 
FPC, Federal Power Commission 
HEW, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
ICC, Interstate Commerce Commission 
HUD, US Department of Housing and Urban Development 
MARAD, Maritime Administration, Commerce 
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce 
NSF, National Science Foundation 
NIH, National Institutes of Health, HEW 
OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor 
USGS, U.S. Geological Survey, Interior 
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