. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. U. S. OCEAN POLICY PROPOSED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The rapid growth of ocean s cienc e and ocean use during the past 8 years has pro- duced enough knowledge and manpower to sup- port a significantly larger national oceano- graphic program. During these years, the Federal budget for oceanography has grown from $21 million in 1958 to $221 million in 1967. So reports the NationalAcademy of Sci- ences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC) in "Oceanography 1966 Achievements and Op- portunities," a 183-pagepub licat i on of its C
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. U. S. OCEAN POLICY PROPOSED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The rapid growth of ocean s cienc e and ocean use during the past 8 years has pro- duced enough knowledge and manpower to sup- port a significantly larger national oceano- graphic program. During these years, the Federal budget for oceanography has grown from $21 million in 1958 to $221 million in 1967. So reports the NationalAcademy of Sci- ences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC) in "Oceanography 1966 Achievements and Op- portunities," a 183-pagepub licat i on of its Committee on Oceanography. The need for a national policy is under- scored by the fact that the has not main- tained a leading role in some uses of the ocean. And in 2 former major marine industries-- fisheries and merchant marine--it has slipped. The U. S. dropped from third to fifth place in total fish catch since 1958. In the past 15 years, the world's merchant marines doubled in tonnage--while the merchant marine decreased. NAS/NRC makes clear: "The purpose of the present report is to take stock of the cur- rent status of oceanography and to reassert or extend the recommendations made in our earlier report" ("Oceanography 1960 to 1970," summary chapter published in 1958, now out of print). NAS/NRC'S 3 MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS NAS/NRC advises: "To reap the benefits from full and effective use of the ocean and its resources, it is necessary for use of the oceantobe concurrent with our gain ofknowl- edge of the ocean. A national ocean policy should aim both toward increasing the extent of knowledge and toward developing the abili- ties that will enable us to go anywhere and do anything in the ocean that is, or may prove to be, beneficial. "The national ocean policy should not only establish the national goals with respect to the science and use of the ocean, but it should also indicate the rate at which the goal is to be pursued. The nationa
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