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John E. Bardach
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BIOGRAPHY

Senior Fellow Emeritus, Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu. Director, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1971–77. Author of Harvest of the Sea and others.

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Map of the Pacific Ocean showing depth contours in varying shades of blue, major submarine features such as trenches, ridges, and basins labeled throughout the ocean, and neighboring landmasses including Asia, Australia, North and South America. Principal cities along the Pacific rim and island groups are marked, along with international boundaries.
Pacific Ocean, body of salt water extending from the 60° S parallel in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North America and South America on the east. Of the three major oceans, the Pacific is by far the largest, occupying…
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