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(6) 16 U.S.C. §1455--authorizes grants to coastal states 
for not more than two-thirds the cost of administering a coastal 
Management program. 
(7) 16 U.S.C. §1461l--authorizes grants to coastal states 
of up to half the cost of acquiring, developing, and operating 
estuarine sanctuaries for the purpose of studying natural and 
human processes occurring within the estuaries of the coastal 
zone. 
In addition to direct financial assistance to the States 
in the fisheries area, the Federal Government provides other 
types of assistance to the States pursuant to Federal statute: 
(1) 16 U.S.C. §661--authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 
(with some functions transferred to the Secretary of Commerce) 
to "provide assistance to, and cooperate with, * * * State * * * 
agencies and organizations in the development, protection, 
rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources 
thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same 
from disease or other causes, in minimizing damages from over- 
abundant species * * *," 
(2) 16 U.S.C. §667b--authorizes use of federally-owned 
property for wildlife conservation purposes by the States. 
(3) 16 U.S.C. §753a--authorizes the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, aS appropriate, to enter 
into cooperative agreements with States to develop research 
and training programs for fish and wildlife resources. Federal 
participation is limited to assigning Federal personnel to serve 
at cooperative research units, supplying certain equipment, 
and paying incidental expenses of Federal personnel. 
(4) 16 U.S.C. §757a--authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 
(with transfer of functions to the Secretary of Commerce) to enter 
into cooperative agreements with one or more States for the con- 
servation, development, and enhancement of the anadromous fishery 
resources of the nation. 
(5) 16 U.S.C. §760a--directs the Secretary of Commerce to 
study fish of the Atlantic coast in order to recommend to the 
coastal States appropriate measures for the development and 
protection of such resource. 
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