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development of a broad-based public use with proper controls. It 

 also indicates the potential for public access to the water. Table 

 IV. 3. 3 summarizes land ownership in the coastal counties within 

 each biophysical estuarine region. Except for Alaska, the great 

 preponderance of estuarine zone land is in private ownership. The 

 North Atlantic, Middle Atlantic, and Chesapeake Bay regions in 

 particular have little land in these counties still remaininq under 

 public ownership. Detailed information on actual or potential use 

 of these privately owned lands is not available; it is certain, how- 

 ever, that some commercial or residential use exists or is intended 

 in most cases. 



