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FIGURE V.2.2 



Massachusetts' Agencies Involved in Management or Control 



of Estuarine Resources 



The primary means by which the department manages the estuarine 

 areas, other than federally controlled areas, such as the Park Service's 

 Cape Cod National Seashore, and the Coast Guard's stations also on 

 Cape Cod, is by restrictive orders — permits, licenses, leases, and so 

 forth — as to the use of these areas, based on the results of public meet- 

 ings. The department is placed organizationally high enough in the 

 State governmental structure so that its activities and recommenda- 



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