NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA. 92152 



AN ACTIVITY OF THE 

 RR GAVAZZI, CAPT, USN 



NAVAL 



Commander 



MATERIAL COMMAND 

 HOWARD L BLOOD, PhD 



Technical Director 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 



The Ocean Food and Energy Farm (OFEF) Project was managed by the Naval Ocean 

 Systems Center. The project is funded jointly by the U.S. Energy Research and Develop- 

 ment Administration (ERDA) and the American Gas Association (AG A). This is the final 

 report of Subtask 5 of the ERDA sponsored work for the year ending June 30. 1 976 and is 

 funded under an Interagency Agreement No. E(49-26)-1027 from ERDA, Division of Solar 

 Energy to the U.S. Naval Ocean Systems Center. 



Released by 

 S. YAMAMOTO, Head 

 Chemistry and Environmental 

 Sciences Group 



Under authority of 

 B. A. POWELL, Head 

 Undersea Sciences Department 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The assistance from and continuing critical review of this report by Dr. Howard 

 Wilcox, OFEF Program Manager, is gratefully acknowledged. Many valuable suggestions 

 were given to me by Dr. Wheeler North of the Cahfomia Institute of Technology, and 

 Dr. Alberto Zirino and Mr. Doug Murphy of the Naval Ocean Systems Center. The continu- 

 ing support of Dr. Sachio Yamamoto is appreciated. Assistance in the NODC computer 

 survey was given by Mr. Joseph Colborn. 



