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directl.^' with the esttiarine zopp ; snort and comnercial fishinq 

 use and value; home develnnnent, and the alternatives and poten- 

 tial of as yet undeveloped narts of the estuarine zone. 



THE NEED TO KNOW THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL 

 ARRANGEMENTS OF EACH PORTION OF THE ESTUARINE ZONE 



The institution^)! and political oroanization of each n;\rt nf 

 the estuarine zone is the framev/ork within which anv nananement 

 prooram must oneratp. It is thus axion^tic that dptailed Imnw- 

 ledqe of all aspect? of these arranoenents ire an intrinsic 

 part of the data hase needed for nanaoenent. Such information 

 includes: the political make-un of the estuarine z-^ne, i.?., the 

 States, counties, nunicioalities, and snecial districts and/or 

 interstate nrouns involved: the lenal responsibilities and 

 authorities of each of these; nrouns with mana^p^ent responsibi- 

 lities in the svstem: existinn zoninn information and other 

 applicable noverninq requlation: water oualitv standards and 

 status of implementation ; and Federal activities in t^^e pstua- 

 rine zone. 



THE NEED TO ESTABLISH GOALS AND USES 



The data base describe-^ earlier is nrerenuisite to t^e establish- 

 ment of qcals and uses in the estuarine zone. Once these are 

 established, thev form a vital nortion of the data ^ase because 



