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The fishermen felt that the local governments should not be directly 

 involved in management, as they are too subject to the pressure of 

 special interest groups. 



The industrial participants felt that the management organization 

 should be cooperative Federal, State, and local, with nongovernment 

 representation. 



The fishermen did not express recommendations for a management 

 organization. 



SUMMARY OVERVIEW 



Generally, it was felt that intergovernmental cooperation is needed, 

 and that all levels of government should be represented in any 

 organization. Several people commented on the duplication of programs 

 and effort, not only among the various levels of government, but also 

 within each level of government. For this reason, recommendations 

 for a new organizational method appeared with relative frequency, 

 although the present components could be included in the resulting 

 new organization. 



By and large, opinion was that the problem of estuarine management 

 and pollution control is too great to be handled at one level. 

 Therefore, it was recomnended , in several different ways, that a 

 national program, incorporating operating guidelines and minimum 

 water quality standards, is needed at the Federal level. In addition. 



