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SECTION 2. SELECTED STATE ORGANIZATIONS - A SPECTRUfl OF DEVELOPMENT 



The 24 coastal States have, in essence, 24 different estuarine 

 management frameworks; viev/ed together they present a broad spectrum 

 of development towards effective and efficient estuarine management. 



To show or indicate this broad spectrum of development, the manage- 

 ment frameworks of a few selected States are presented. They provide 

 a basis for defining strengths, deficiencies or weaknesses in the 

 States' role and establish a path, leading to a more dynamic and 

 effective role of the States in estuarine management. 



The following section of the report previews the management systems 

 of selected coastal States, large to small, rich to less prosperous, 

 populous to soarsely developed, urban to rural, and highly industri- 

 alized to mostly pastoral. The selected States are Massachusetts, 

 Maryland, California, Florida, and Alaska. Following this will be 

 a typical State's management framework, State laws, and States' 

 views on estuarine management. 



