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SPECTRUM OF INTEREST 



To organize and analyze the mass of information, it was necessary to 

 develop a span of interest or a scheme for categorizing the various 

 viewpoints of the States regarding the Federal-State-local management 

 interplay. All of the viewpoints fell into one of three categories: 



(1) Federal -State-Local Partnership for Estuarine 

 Management, 



(2) State Ownership/Management of Estuarine Resources 

 with Federal Assistance, and 



(3) Autonomous State Management. 



Over 91 percent of the coastal States' responses fell in the second 

 category. The coastal States want to own/manage their own estuarine 

 resources but with a wide range of Federal assistance -- technical, 

 legal, scientific, administrative, and financial. Federal assistance 

 does not necessarily mean only funds or financial sunport. Numerous 

 States want advice, counsel, and guidance as to what they should do. 

 Many States have the mechanics for managing the estuaries but often 

 they are either not being used or not used effectively or coordinated. 

 The States are asking for Federal assistance in interstate and intra- 

 state matters, in order to assume effectively their expressed estuarine 

 management responsibilities. This includes the concept that there 

 are many administrative, technical, and research areas of a national 

 nature that each State cannot, or probably should not cope with, or 

 possibly should not be expected to cope with, such as the management 



