. Collected reprints, Essa Institute for Oceanography. Oceanography SHEIF heseucii by Dr. Harris B. Stetvart Jr., director, Institute for Oceanography, Environmental Science Services Administration, Dept. of Commerce 46 The lapger oceanographic institutions historically have avoided nearshore and continental shelf areas as locations for research activities. There have been, of course, some ex- ceptions to this generality, but the con- tinental shelf generally has been merely an area to be traversed to get to the deep sea. The institutions had the larger ships for deep sea work, s
. Collected reprints, Essa Institute for Oceanography. Oceanography SHEIF heseucii by Dr. Harris B. Stetvart Jr., director, Institute for Oceanography, Environmental Science Services Administration, Dept. of Commerce 46 The lapger oceanographic institutions historically have avoided nearshore and continental shelf areas as locations for research activities. There have been, of course, some ex- ceptions to this generality, but the con- tinental shelf generally has been merely an area to be traversed to get to the deep sea. The institutions had the larger ships for deep sea work, so it was only natural that these ships be used far from their home ports. Work in our coastal and shelf areas has been carried out primarily by three groups: â Smaller research institutions and coastal universities without facilities to work at greater distances from shore. â Industrial sector in its ever-widening search for offshore oil. â Federal agencies in carrying out their statutory responsibilities for coastal charting, beach erosion control, harbor maintenance, pollution controls, improve- ment of commercial and sport fishing catches, and other such tasks that en- tailed work in the coastal waters. It is only recently that the continental shelf has come under special scrutiny as a geographical entity. The 1965 Congressional hearings on oceanography heard continual reference to the shelf; the governor of California has a special Advisory Commission on Marine Resources, which is studying the problems of the California offshore area; the Interagency Committee on Oceanog- raphy has a special task group of its re- search panel preparing a document on the present status of shelf oceanography; the Corps of Engineers was host last year to an Interagency Conference on Continental Shelf Research; and a recent report prepared for the ESSA Coast & Geodetic Survey by the Hattelle Memo- rial Institute was pitched solely at the continental shelf. Interest also is international,
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