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Our Nation and The Sea - A Plan for National Action (Paperback)
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Our Nation and The Sea - A Plan for National Action (Paperback)
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From the days of discovery and colonization, America has looked to
the sea. In times of stress the sea has been our ally, and in times
of peace, a source of our prosperity. Sometimes hostile and
sometimes generous in its moods, the ocean always has offered its
abundant resources in countless ways. But only recently have we
begun to perceive its true potential. The driving force and urgency
of our new concern for the sea stem from the changing character of
the world itself-from mounting economic needs, from congested
populations, from our own deteriorating shores. It is now nearly 10
years since reports by the National Academy of Science and the U.S.
Navy focused attention upon the vital import of our undeveloped
marine resources. The intervening decade has been marked by a
mounting interest and activity. Further reports, studies, and
statements have poured forth in profusion, representing the
experience, the views, and the best judgment of the outstanding
experts of the country. Throughout this period a voluminous
legislative record testifies also to a growing Congressional
concern, which culminated in June 1966 in the Marine Resources and
Engineering Development Act, expressing a conviction and defining a
national purpose: 1) a conviction that the time had arrived for
this country to give serious and systematic attention to our marine
environment and to the potential resources of the oceans, and 2) a
national determination to take the steps necessary to stimulate
marine exploration, science, technology, and financial investment
on a vastly augmented scale.
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