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handicapped sound management. Closely related are, on the 

 one hand, the limited use of plans which in fact coordinate 

 the fragmented activities of the numerous agencies and 

 governments involved in the management of these resources; 

 and, on the other hand, the limited effectiveness of 

 institutional arrangements now in being which were 

 intended to overcome this fragmentation through inter- 

 agency and/or intergovernmental review and consultation or 

 through joint or cooperative action. Also a contributing 

 factor is the absence in these programs of policies and 

 organization focusing specifically on the resources of the 

 estuarine and coastal zone. 



(4) Although governments in the more recent period have 

 moved to establish essential programs to conserve or pre- 

 serve these resources, inadequate funding has prevented 

 these programs from adequately accomplishing their 

 mission. 



GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 



The National Estuarine Management Program must achieve, first, the 

 determination, in and out of government, to manage the use of these 

 resources so as to protect them for as many beneficial uses as pos- 

 sible both now and in the future; and, second, the capability at all 

 levels of government to do so. 



