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SECTION 6. STATES' VIEWS ON COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT. 



HOW OPINIONS WERE OBTAINED 



To help develop a true picture of the opinions and expressions of the 

 States on the comprehensive management of the estuarine zone, the 

 coastal States were queried directly through several routes. The 

 National Estuarine Pollution Study staff directly and through its 

 regional representatives asked the estuarine study representatives 

 (appointed by the Governor) of each coastal State "What were the 

 States' views on the composition and management of the comprehensive 

 National programs?" The responses were received via several routes: 

 incorporated in the State profile, prepared and/or reviewed by the 

 States; by correspondence received directly from the Governor, his 

 assistant or the State's estuarine representative; and/or by state- 

 ments included in the record of the 30 estuarine public meetings, held 

 in the various sectors of the Nation and attended by several thousand 

 people. Other sources included State-prepared reports, special study 

 (contractor) reports, and miscellaneous study documents. 



The result of all these responses was a mass of information containing 

 an extremely wide range of ideas; however, there were some prevailing 

 ideas. The following discussion constitutes a summary of the high- 

 lights of these responses, which are being recorded and preserved sep- 

 arately from this report for future reference, study, use and updating. 



