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picture, which define the States' views and which assure that States' 

 opinions are included for consideration in the development of the 

 management plan. The followinq section of this report summarizes 

 these findings, 



METHODS OF PROFILE DEVELOPMENT 



The source of material used in the profiles of the coastal States 

 was developed throuah contacts, direct and indirect, with the 

 State governments and sunplenented by material and reports in 

 the technical literature. 



Beginning in 1^67, the Governors of the 24 coastal States and the 

 territories were notified that the advice and counsel of the States 

 were essential tn the success of the Study, and they were asked to 

 designate a person to serve as the State's primary contact point for 

 this project. The primary concern underlying this procedure was that 

 the Study did not want to burden the States with the tasks of 

 completing lemthy questionnaires or providing data summaries and that 

 it wanted to avoid duplication of effort wherever possible. 



Subsequently, the Study's regional estuarine coordinators contacted 

 the State estuarine representatives to collect information on the 

 organization and activities of each coastal State in the use of its 

 estuarine resources and tc gain the individual State's views in respect 

 to the responsibilities of Federal, State, and local governments in 

 this program. Specifically, each State was asked to provide information 



