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State and local government bodies, of academic and research institu- 

 tions; and by the individuals who spoke only for themselves. 



Attendance was good and varied. Testimony was most frequent from 

 the national organizations and government bodies. Ajcademic institu- 

 tions and industry were somewhat less involved in testifying, but did 

 present good information and recommendations. In addition, the in- 

 volvement of individual citizens was most heartening. 



All of these people presented input vital to the study, and the public 

 meeting provided the only real forum for them. 



In order that the material presented at the public meetings could be 

 reported with some laccuracy, it was important that there be some 

 means for identifying the affiliation of each speaker, and the nature 

 of his statement. 



Accordingly, the first step was to determine the kinds of representa- 

 tion, and the numbers of speakers within each group. After determin- 

 ing categories of speakers, a count was made of the speakers and total 

 attendance within the groupings for all meetings. The four groupings 

 selected are as follow : 



Group I. National organizations and their local affiliates, local 

 organizations, and individuals ; 



Group II. Academic institutions, private research firms, and 

 scientific foundations ; 



Group III. Industry, users, and industrial groups; and 

 Group IV. Federal, State, and local government bodies. 

 Table V.5.1 presents the tabulation of witnesses and attendees in 

 each of the groups, and the total number of statements and attendance. 



TABLE V.5.I.— TYPES OF GROUPS AND PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE NATIONAL ESTUARINE 



POLLUTION STUDY 



Number ot Total 



Group statements attendance 



!. National organizations and local affiliates, local organizations, and individuals.... 

 II. Academic institutions, private research organizations, and scientific foundations. 



III. Industry and users, and industrial groups 



IV. Federal, State, and local government bodies 



Total of all groups 1,069 2,868 



As will be noted, organizations (group I, above) and governments 

 (group IV) were most strongly represented in statements, with users 

 (group III) and academic people (^roup II) speaking in lesser num- 

 bers. However, governments, organizations, and industry were well 

 represented in terms of total attendance. 



After organizing the statements by type of speaker, it was then 

 necessary to determine subject areas for the information and recom- 

 mendations presented in the various statements. These subject cate- 

 gories were established as a series of eight questions, as follow : 



(1) What are the major uses and values of the estuaries and 

 estuarine zones ? 



(2) What are the dangers and problems in the estuaries and 

 estuarine zones ? 



(3) WTiat have been the results of pollution, modification, and 

 use in the estuaries and estuarine zones ? 



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