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... MARINE RECREATION Surfing, sailing, swimming, sun-bathing, scuba diving, water skiing, sport fishing, and motorboating are rapidly growing recreational uses of our shores and marginal seas. At the same time, the near-shore zone is being used increasingly for disposal of human and industrial wastes, commercial harvesting of marine plants and animals, petroleum production, as a source of cooling water for electric-power generation, and for various 3
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... Because the sea behaves more sluggishly than the air, these observations indicate that improvements in long-range weather forecasting can be made through studies of the large-scale interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere. The present accuracy of long-range forecasting is low, but if it could be improved, great economic benefits would follow in such areas as planting and harvesting crops, planning seasonal fuel transportation and storage, proper timing of building and road construction, and flood and drought protection.
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... In addition, international oceanographic cooperation can contribute directly to our programs of technical assistance to the less-developed countries, by helping them to develop their fisheries, sea transportation, and other marine resources; and it can lay a foundation of knowledge for the rational solution of international controversies con cernlng marine resources. OCEANOGRAPHY FOR DEFENSE Oceanic conditions and processes are obviously important to the Navy, which provides nearly half of the total federal expend)
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  • weather forecasting
  • ocean fisheries
  • marine resources
  • international oceanographic
  • oceanographic research

  • oceanographic cooperation
  • billion dollars
  • proper timing
  • greatly reduced
  • temperature distribution

  • placer deposits
  • drought protection
  • nearly half
  • fisheries increased
  • road construction

  • five billion
  • planning seasonal
  • sev eral
  • shipping bill
  • boat harbors

  • profitable exploitation
  • doubling domestic
  • produce savings
  • imports plus
  • meteorological studies

  • shipping costs
  • marine recreational
  • growing knowledge
  • oceanic conditions
  • observations indicate


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