. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. 8 - Spacecraft technicians check out NASA's 935-pound weather satellite Nimbus U. The large dark panels contain solar- cells that power complex electronic gear. First NASA satellite to take and transmit directly to ground stations nighttime infrared photos of earth's cloud cover. (Photo: NASA) The Potential Harvest The fishery potential of the seas ranges between 200 million and 1,000 million metric tons. These are theoretical potentials based on the ocean's productive capacity. They can be realized only by developing the technology to
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig. 8 - Spacecraft technicians check out NASA's 935-pound weather satellite Nimbus U. The large dark panels contain solar- cells that power complex electronic gear. First NASA satellite to take and transmit directly to ground stations nighttime infrared photos of earth's cloud cover. (Photo: NASA) The Potential Harvest The fishery potential of the seas ranges between 200 million and 1,000 million metric tons. These are theoretical potentials based on the ocean's productive capacity. They can be realized only by developing the technology to harvest them--and the understanding of how these resources react to their environ- ment and to man's exploitation. To benefit Fig, 9 - NOMAD (Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device)buoy transmits data up to2,000 miles--over standard 100 world-per-minute tadioteletype circuits. (Naval Oceanographic Office) mankind, the information th e scientists gain from the research vessel--and the technology developed to harvest the resources--must be passed on to the producer or processor. To Benefit Mankind Crowther stressed the importance of international cooperation to benefit mankind. President Johnson recognized this need, he said, by his proposal to Congress in March 1968 for an International Decade of Ocean Exploration to start in 1970, The full use of new research platforms, harvesting tech- niques, and the means to manage ocean re- sources all may be part of the ocean decade. BCF's Director defined the challenge to the FAO conferees: "History may truly mark the 1970s as the decade in which nations were first able to work and plan together effectively in development and use of ocean resources for the benefit of all mankind. . We cannot, however, gauge progress in ocean science solely on the basis of tools we employ. The part or role that they may play in solving world food needs and proper use of the ocean's living resources must be measured in terms of increased o
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