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The industrial witnesses felt that the Federal role should be : 



(1) Financial and technical assistance, especially for research 

 and training and for construction ; 



(2) Cooperation with the State and local governments for a 

 coordinated national effort ; and 



(3) Establishment of operating program guidelines and mini- 

 mum water quality standards for the States. 



The fishermen were more concerned that the Federal Government : 



( 1 ) Take strong protective action, especially in acquisition and 

 activity control ; and 



(2) Manage, as the problems were felt to be too great for the 

 State and local governments to handle. 



Industry generally wanted the State to : 



( 1 ) Operate the management plan through a number of instru- 

 mentalities, especially water quality control ; 



(2) Manage in cooperation with the local governments; and 

 ('3 ) Manage within the framework of a national plan. 



The fishermen wanted only a very minor role for the States, as they 

 felt that the States have done very little of what they could or should 

 have been doing. 



The industrial representatives saw the local role to be : 



(1) Management, in cooperation with the States; or 



(2) Conduct of the management plan, utilizing Federal and 

 State financial and technical assistance. 



The fishermen felt that the local governments should not be directly 

 involved in management, as they are too subject to the pressure of 

 special interest groups. 



The industrial participants felt that the management organization 

 should be cooperative Federal, State, and local, with nongovernment 

 representation. 



The fishermen did not express recommendations for a management 

 organization. 



SUMMARY OVERVIEW 



Generally, it was felt that intergovernmental cooperation is needed, 

 and that all levels of government should be represented in any organi- 

 zation. Several people commented on the duplication of programs and 

 effort, not only among the various levels of government, but also within 

 each level of government. For this reason, recommendations for a new 

 organizational method appeared with relative frequency, although 

 the present components could be included in the resulting new 

 organization. 



By and large, opinion was that the problem of estuarine manage- 

 ment and pollution control is too great to be handled at one level. 

 Therefore, it was reconunended, in several different ways, that a na- 

 tional program, incorporating operating guidelines and minimum 

 water quality standards, is needed at the Federal level. In addition, 

 because of shortages of funds and technical capabilities at the State 

 and local levels, the States and localities look to the Federal Govern- 

 ment for assistance in these areas. 



The States would, in most instances, conduct the management pro- 

 gram and coordinate local activities. The major exception would be 



