The World's ocean produce about 80 % of all proteins, yet So far man is using only an insignificant
part of these riches.. In recent years marine biology and oceanography, the sciences
w.hich help man to tap the wealth of this living treasure store in the most effective manner by
turning the seas and oceans into a gigantic laboratory. Because of the world-wide continuity
of tbe oceans and their conditions, International collaboration Is essential So that comparative
studies may he made on a broad geographical scale. Collaboration is desirable, also in
order to achieve an adequate research effort on selected basic problems
