Cooperative Marine Technology Program in the Middle East

Egypt, Israel, and the United States are conducting a cooperative program of marine technologies under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development. The program, which began in 1980, has encompassed a dozen projects in over 20 laboratories in the three countries. They include aquaculture, shore processes, lakes management, sea food toxins, waste water recycling and primary productivity of the Mediterranean Sea. The Program is designed and coordinated by a steering committee which includes representatives from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, the Israeli Institute for Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Texas A&M University, and the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.