Date of Award
5-15-1971
Degree Type
Major Paper
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Marine Affairs
Abstract
It is difficult at best to evaluate the biological and chemical damages of oil pollution, but the physical effects are graphically evident in the blackened beaches and coastlines around the world and in the floating "tar-balls" found in mid-ocean. It is this dramatically visible effect that has stirred public concern. Thus, prevention of such damage is high on the list of priorities for both national and international concern. In the face of the ever increasing potential for pollution, President Nixon has pledged that federal agencies will take the lead in pollution abatement programs.
Recommended Citation
Fisher, Robert Augustus, "The Impact on the Navy of Public Concern with Control of Pollution of the Seas by Oil" (1971). Theses and Major Papers. Paper 79.
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ma_etds/79
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Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons