906 F. General OLR (1984) 31 (12)

KAP [Kuwait Action Plan-UNEP Regional Seas Pregrmmme] region. International Symposium, 8-12 January, 1984, Basrah, Iraq; 22 papers; in press.

Sessions of this symposium cover: (1) sources/trans- port/modelling of petroleum in the marine envi- ronment; (2) photo-oxidation of oil; (3) microbial degradation of oil; (4) impact of oil on organisms; and (5) the state of oil pollution research in the KAP region. DouAbul: Mar. Sci. Center, Univ. of Basrah, Iraq. (fcs)

84:6341 O'Riordan, M.C. and E.I. Hamilton (eds.), 1984.

Environmental radioactivity. Special issue. Sci. total Environment, 35(3):207-445; 13 papers.

Indicative of current research efforts in the U.K. in the area of environmental radioactivity, this collec- tion ranges from radionuclide speciation, transfer, sampling, bioindicators, and measurement to the radioactivity of U.K. coal and the radiological impact of electricity generation by coal and nuclear power. Among the other topics: sediment fraction- ation techniques, natural radionuclides in U.K. (human) diets, and radiochronology in sediments. One paper offers a perspective on the impact, assessment and control of environmental radioac- tivity. Includes author and subject indexes. (slr)

F260. Resources, management, econom- ics

84:6342 Sullivan, Carl, 1984. The National Marine Fisheries

Service habitat conservation policy. An interview with William G. Gordon [Asst. Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS]. Fisheries, 9(3):3-5.

Fisheries management and harvesting for optimum yield are inextricably linked to quality of habitat, and consideration of habitat is now explicitly incorporated into NMFS policy. Although fisheries management will remain the major task of the Regional Fishery Management Councils a greater focus by the Councils on habitat and economic issues is expected. (bwt)

F280. Policy, law, treaties

84:6343 Annala, J.H., 1983. The introduction of limited entry.

The New Zealand rock lobster fishery. Mar.

Policy, 7(2):101-108. Fish. Res. Div., P.O. Box 297, Wellington, New Zealand.

84:6344 Meese, Sally, 1983. Viewpoint. LOS and 'other

minerals.' Mar. Policy, 7(2): 123-124.

The draft Law of the Sea Convention governing seabed mineral development deals almost exclusively with mining for manganese nodules. This emphasis on a single resource has in effect placed a mora- torium on the exploitation of other minerals and, unless addressed, may preclude investment in all but nodule mining. Off. of Ocean Law and Policy, Dept. of State, Washington, DC, USA. (bwt)

F310. Contemporary development of science (especially oceanography)

84:6345 Beckett, Christopher, 1983. The two churches of

science: fundamental differences in beliefs. New Scient., 100(1380):p.216.

If science is the new religion 'taking over the job of explaining the world and our place in it,' then it has a High Church and a Low Church. The High Church is the church of reductionism ('the actual machinery of the world is hidden under the bonnet'); the scientific priesthood so many mechanics who can understand and interpret. The Low Church 'sees the world as a web of autonomous living things' in which scientists are a fallible part; a kind of Protestantism or Quakerism, distrustful of the 'technical fix'; a radical challenge to dogma. (fcs)

84:6346 Boxer, Baruch, 1984. Marine science and society in

China. Oceanus, 27(1):47-53.

Marine research in China is described in historical and contemporary contexts relating it to ancient and modern social, economic and political attitudes. In spite of China's long coastline, there has been little interest in the oceans, and marine research still struggles to find a role compatible with the some- times shifting ideological precepts governing China's development. Dept. of Human Ecol., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N J, USA. (fcs)

84:6347 Bradbury, R.H. (comment) and L.S. Hammond

(reply), 1984. Australinn marine science: a closed shop? Search, 15(1/2):15-16.

Hammond's (1983) article assessing the importance of Aust. J. mar. Freshwat. Res. to international