A collection of letters, government documents & other pertinent material. Examples are: One “Dear Colleague” letter (2/3/77) from seven members of the House of Representatives & attached copy of H.R. 3652 . . . [2/17/77] A Bill To insure the development of United States ocean mining capabilities . . . . (95th Cong., 1st Sess.) (23 pp.) re/ a bill “to promote negotiating progress at the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference” & “provide U.S. industry with reasonable financial incentives to proceed with research, development and exploration of manganese nodule resources;” 1 Memorandum (2/25/77) from William Newlin (Staff Dir., Dept. of State) to “Members of the Public Advisory Committee on the Law of the Sea” & attached copy of “the revised Single Negotiating Text on Disputed Settlement issued 23 November 1976” (36 pp.); 1 page copy of “GIFA Negotiations” (1/13/77) with information on participatory nations such as Poland, Romania, Spain & others; 1 photocopy of “Status of Draft Letter and Resolution Sent To Regional Councils Through NMFS Regional Directors” (1/11/77) (4 pp.); photocopies of pages H228 & H229 Congressional Record-House (1/10/77) re/ “International Fishery Agreement” with Romania, German Democratic Republic, USSR & the Republic of China; 1 page photocopy of “Meeting Held and Comments Received on DEIS’s for PMP’s as of 1/4/77;” small, stapled packet containing NOAA, “Application For Vessel Permits To Fish Within The Fishery Conservation Zone of the United States . . . .,” “Fishing Vessel Identification Form (Foreign)” & “Instructions,” “Summary Table I - 12/28/76 – Summary of Numbers of Vessels by Type and Ocean Area” & “Summary Table II – 12/28/76 – Summary of Amount of Target and Bycatch Species for Each Ocean Area;” 1 photocopy of Dept. of Commerce “Foreign Fishery Permit” form (2 pp.); stapled copy of NOAA “proposed rules . . . Draft Foreign Fishing Regulations,” Federal Register, Vol. 41, No. 248, 12/23/76, pp. 55925 – 55926; photocopies of Vertical Bar Graphs for “Pacific- California to Washington 1974 Total Foreign Catch,” “1974 Foreign Catch - Bering Sea and Aleutians,” “Gulf of Alaska- 1974 Total Foreign Catch,” “ICNAF Subareas 5 and 6 – 1974 Total Foreign Catch” (4 pp.); 1 copy of a fold out chart by F. Schoning: psb: 12-15-76, “Potential Schedule Required for Foreign Fishing To Commence By March 1, 1977.”