Effective use of the sea; report effectiveuseofse00unit Year: 1966 CO a: < —I —I o o LU O CO z o 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 FISCAL YEARS 1963 1965 1967 Figure Growth of Federal support for marine science and technology facilities and operations as disc^issed in text sources has grown and is growing very rapidly. In the past 5 years industry has produced a very substantial capacity in marine sciences and technology which is now backed by a fleet of ships (including deep submersibles), several field laboratories, large staffs and com- mitments for future growth. It is likely that this
Effective use of the sea; report effectiveuseofse00unit Year: 1966 CO a: < —I —I o o LU O CO z o 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 FISCAL YEARS 1963 1965 1967 Figure Growth of Federal support for marine science and technology facilities and operations as disc^issed in text sources has grown and is growing very rapidly. In the past 5 years industry has produced a very substantial capacity in marine sciences and technology which is now backed by a fleet of ships (including deep submersibles), several field laboratories, large staffs and com- mitments for future growth. It is likely that this growth has been even faster than growth in Federal support in this field, but con- clusive data are not available. MANPOWER CONSIDERATIONS Present Manpower. We estimate that about 500 to 600 profes- sional oceanographers are active in the United States at present, even though comprehensive polls on the number, distribution, and training of oceanographers yield conflicting results. Further studies probably will not resolve differences because of the difficulty in defining an 70
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