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Valid criteria for evaluating the importance of the estuarine en- 

 vironment or the value of individual estuarine uses, to a community 

 must, however, go beyond the reach of economic approximation and 

 recognize the fundamental relationship between man and his environ- 

 ment. Wherever there are people the environment will be exploited to 

 satisfy the needs and desires of man and his civilization. 



Increasing environmental pressures from demographic and com- 

 mercial development are paralleled in the same community by the 

 increasing desire for greater recreational use. That these can be com- 

 patible is clearly shown by the San Diego Bay example. Such com- 

 munity reactions as in San Diego and in San Francisco demonstrate 

 that, while people need commercial development and use, they want a 

 safe and enjoyable environment at the same time. Effective manage- 

 ment, therefore, should direct its efforts not toward excluding some 

 uses, but toward accommodating all uses without environmental 

 damage. 



With such an objective, economic criteria of use importance are of 

 little value. Guidelines for estuarine management should recognize 

 man's relationship to his environment and express his determination 

 that it shall be preserved. 



REFERENCES 



IV-3-1 Rorholm, N., "A Socio-economic Study of Narragansett Bay," (Report 

 prepared for National Estuarine Pollution Study under FWPCA 

 Contract No. 14-12-93), Kingston, R.I., University of Rhode Island, 

 mimeographed copy, 200 pp, (1969). (In press.) 



IV-3-2 Colberg, M. R., "The Social and Economic Values of Apalachicola Bay, 

 Florida," (Report prepared for National Estuarine Pollution Study 

 under FWPCA Contract No. 14-12-117) by Tallahassee, Florida, 

 Florida State Uiversity, mimeographed copy, 58 pp (1968). (In 

 press. ) 



IV-3-3 Ralph Stone & Co., "Estuarine-Oriented Community Planning for San 

 Diago Bay," (Report prepared for National Estuarine Pollution 

 Study under FWPCA Contract No. 14^12-189) by Ralph Stone & Co., 

 Los Angeles, Calif., mimeographed copy, 178 pp (1969). (In press.) 



