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 SECTION 2. EXAMPLES OF USE DAMAGE 



Where there is conflict, the scene is set for trade-off, i.e., a 

 willing substitution of one activity for another. The scene is 

 equally set for uncompensated damage where one user group precludes 

 the activities of a second unrelated user group but does not reim- 

 burse them for damage. Several examples will demonstrate the types 

 of damages and the difficulties in quantifying them. Essentially, 



the damage is the value of the use which is precluded or foregone, 

 and the same type of use valuation problems as discussed earlier 



are applicable. 



Actual documented examples of use damages are difficult to find. 

 One major reason is the basic fact that has permeated much of the 

 discussion of economic and social values: Many estuarine values 

 are not quantifiable. While damages to a commercial enterprise, 

 such as commercial fishing, can be quantified in terms of the 

 economic loss, the essentially intangible values of recreation and 

 estuarine habitat are difficult to measure. 



