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SECTION 6. SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF RECOMMENDED 

 ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR 



While the analysis of the public meetings v/as not designed to bring 

 forth recommendations specifically as to action that should be taken 

 by individuals and nongovernment organizations, institutions, and 

 business, a number of opinions on the subject can be extrapolated 

 from the replies to several of the questions. 



Without the concerned interest of the private sector, and the citi- 

 zens comprising it, no management program can succeed. 



Public attitudes towards estuaries and marshlands, and the general 

 lack of knowledge about these vitally productive areas are two of the 

 major problems faced in the development of a management program. 

 Therefore, there is a need for people to learn of the resources and 

 potential of the estuaries, and the importance of the estuaries to 

 themselves. 



Accordingly, the private sector's first action should be to become 

 informed about the values of the estuaries — to learn that an acre 

 of estuarine marsh, without human intervention, is two to seven times 

 as productive as an acre of cultivated farmland, and that virtually 

 all seafood is dependent on the estuarine environment during at least 

 part of the life cycle. 



