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and coastal resources for their own private purposes, private inter- 

 est^have the responsibility of joining in research and educational 

 programs aimed at broadening and improving the general public's under- 

 standing of the importance and nature of estuarine and coastal resources, 

 To make this possible there is need for support for research institu- 

 tions affiliated with academic institutions to provide to governments 

 at the Federal, State, and local level the knowledge necessary for man- 

 agement. There should be governmental and orivate participation in 

 such institutions and part of the States' goals should be the training 

 of both professional and technical personnel in the problems of the 

 estuarine and coastal zone. 



Finally, it is the responsibility of the orivate sector to Darticipate 

 in political and governmental processes so as to insure the orooer 

 recognition, both in the national nrogram and in use and management 

 plans for specific estuarine and coastal areas, of legitimate private 

 interests. 



