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of the county but also for the good of the State; thus they should 

 rely on implementation of the Statewide comprehensivo management 

 plans. Of course, there are notable exceptions to this, such as 

 in New York, California, and Massachusetts. A complete discussion 

 of the roles and capabilities of local-level governments is contained 

 in the following Chapter 3 on local governments. 



The primary role of public and private interests, as viewed by the 

 States, is to support in each and every v/ay possible the comnrehen- 

 sive management plan of the State. Without the complete cooperation 

 of the citizenry, a comprehensive management plan cannot be effective 

 and thus cannot effectively protect the estuarine resources. 



THE STATES' ROLE — AS VIEWED BY THE STATES 



The overwhelming response from essentially all the coastal States 

 was that they should manage their own estuarine zones; some of these 

 responses were even, surprisingly, vehemently expressed. The remain- 

 ing responses expressed by one or more States seemed to fall into 

 five broad categories: State land ownership; cooperation/coordina- 

 tion of Statewide activities; State development of new comprehensive 

 management plans; strengthening/enforcing of existing State use 

 regulations,, controls, and standards; research/study; and State use 

 control (Table V.2.5). 



Because of their unique colonial legislative prerogatives, three 

 States in particular own their estuarine (coastal zones): Hawaii, 



