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cries of panic and destruction and impending doom serves only to 

 attract the attention of those people who are already interested 

 and concerned. We must achieve better methods of educating the 

 public and preparing them to accept the policies and costs required 

 to maintain a high quality environment for them and their future 

 geeerations. 



Study of these ten principles reveals the most important objectives 

 of a coordinated program of research and study. The fact that the 

 appropriate management unit is the total ecosystem demands that we 

 fully understand the ecology of estuaries and appreciate the need 

 for multidisciplinary studies. Maximum effort must be directed 

 towards implementing the multiple-use concept in the estuarine zone. 

 It follows from this, that all potential uses must be evaluated. 

 Special effort must be made to assess nonmarket values in terms 

 compatible with benefit/cost analysis. Estuarine areas must be con- 

 served and enhanced; damaged areas should be reconstituted; water 

 quality must not be degraded; and habitats should not be destroyed. 

 Natural preserves should be established for study and research. 



The various agencies and institutions working in estuaries should 

 coordinate their activities; results of research should be widely 

 disseminated. The national program for estuarine study should be 

 developed with strong regional emphasis based on ecology, geography. 



