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private interests within the nongovernmental sector, will our manage- 

 ment of estuarine and coastal resources, both in the private sector 

 and by governments responding to social and political pressure, be 

 redirected toward sounder use and management objectives. 



Responsibilities of Public Interests 



From public interests—citizen groups, conservation organizations , 

 professional societies, the Nation's educational institutions, and 

 others—there is need for continuing action in three broad areas. 

 The first is educational activity which is the prerequisite to the 

 successful reversal of present short-sighted estuarine and coastal 

 management policies; and, further, through active and vigorous par- 

 icipation in the political and governmental processes, to work for 

 the implementation of sound estuarine and coastal zone programs at 

 all levels of government and in the private sector. 



A second broad area of responsibility is the support of research pro- 

 grams of governmental bodies through nongovernmental studies leading 

 to improved understanding of the nature and behavior of estuarine and 

 coastal resources, their interrelationships, etc. Continuing studies 

 directed toward appraising and improving Federal, State, and local 

 management of the estuaries and coastal areas also are a critical need 

 and a special responsibility of groups outside government. 



