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on Marine and Coastal Resources, Marine Research Committee, Wildlife 

 Conservation Board, and Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact Commission. 

 In addition, there has been intense management activity in the San 

 Francisco Bay area. The State realized the importance and impending 

 dangers in exploration of estuarine resources, especially of San 

 Francisco Bay, and established a program and commission to study 

 and develop action plans for the most effective comprehensive management 

 of the Bay. The State is implementing these recommendations and 

 the Commission itself through the passage of recent legislation — 

 The McAteer-Petris Act (as amended in 1969). Because the Commission 

 can be considered as an intrastate or local government function 

 it is described and referenced as a case study in the following 

 chapter on the role of local governments and it is included in the 

 Current Overall Program, Chapter 7. Other Bay area groups, in addition 

 to the Commission/program, are the San Francisco Bay-Delta Water 

 Quality Control Program and the Joint Committee on Bay Area Regional 

 Organization. 



Specifically the responsibilities of the departments in the Resources 

 Agency are as follows. 



Department of Fish and Game has the responsibility for protection, 

 preservation, propagation, and enhancement of wildlife resources. 

 It enforces the regulations regarding open and closed seasons, bag 

 and possession limits, various aspects of both commercial fishing and 

 sports fish and game, and supervises limited-use marine research zones. 



