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perform studies aimed at improving the utility and values 

 of these areas and stocks. 



(7) Coordinate Federal estuarine research activities 

 and provide means for coordinating these activities with 

 those of the States, their subdivisions, interstate 

 agencies, educational institutions, and appropriate 

 foundations and organizations. 



(8) In cooperation with the States, continuously monitor 

 developments and conditions and evaluate the effective- 

 ness of the national research and study program. 



(9) Maintain a network of Federal laboratories in the 

 estuarine zone to basic and applied research supporting 

 estuarine management. The organization of these labora- 

 tories should be based on natural estuarine areas establish- 

 ed on the basis of geography, biophysical factors, and 

 commonality of problems. These laboratories would be 

 operated by the Federal Government. Their primary purpose 

 would be to support Federal responsibilities and specific 

 agency missions. There should be a laboratory in each 

 designated estuarine area. They would be staffed along 

 multidisciplinary lines and would attach estuarine problems 

 along the lines of total system analysis and management. 

 The initial nucleus for these laboratories would be 

 established functioning laboratories. Siting future 



