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SECTION 7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 



An overview of the coastal States' management framework reveals the 

 following conditions in many areas. Many management organizations 

 and systems are individualistic, uncoordinated, piecemeal, and short- 

 range. Often they are burdened by noncomprehensive planning and 

 development. In turn, the planning and development is often backed 

 up by inadequate, confusing, not sufficiently enforced, fragmented 

 legislation and statutory regulations. 



In contrast, the coastal States have the following general views 

 with respect to their estuarine responsibilities: 



(1) The States should manage their own intrastate 

 estuarine (coastal) areas. 



(2) They should control or determine the uses of the 

 estuaries, for example by zoning plans, development of 

 preserves or "parks," or other restrictive use regulations. 



(3) They should develop, where nonexistent, a comprehensive 

 State estuarine management plan, often by the development 

 or strengthening of State legislation. 



(4) They should promote effective coordination and coopera- 

 tion among State agencies, intrastate and interstate, for 

 example; through commissions, councils, pacts, authorities, 

 treaties, and agreements. 



