Training. allowance. - SPb: RGGMI, 1992. - 102 c. The manual describes the economic aspects of hydrometeorological support of marine industries of the national economy. Presented an idea of marine resources and problems of their development, the legal regime of the oceans in the field of its research and development of resources . Information on the organization and content of the service providing oceanographic information to economic organizations. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of the economic efficiency of use in the production of hydrometeorological information and the adoption of optimal economic decisions on this basis. Issues of efficiency of capital investments in development of marine environment and its resources and carrying out environmental measures are considered. The manual is intended for students specializing in the field of oceanology. Foreword by .