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coordinate programs. Training grants or contracts to academic insti- 

 tutions for studies by individuals in different fields related to estuarine 

 management will materially fill the present gap. Research must be 

 fully coordinated with management needs and river basin activities to 

 assure optimum application for all resources. 



ESTUARINE ZONE LABORATORIES 



The best way to provide the analysis, research, and development 

 needed for a rational approach to the proper management and utiliza- 

 tion of the estuarine and coastal zone would be to establish and desig- 

 nate multidisciplinary laboratories with area and regional interests. 

 While most research and development analyses must be directed to 

 regional and local coastal zones components, there are clear national 

 requirements which have been imposed on agencies of the Federal 

 Government. Consequently, laboratories must be maintained both by 

 Federal Government and by institutions capable of meeting regional 

 and local needs. This would call for estuarine laboratories and regional 

 estuarine laboratories. 



Federal estuarine laboratories would conduct research necessary to 

 the implementation of Federal missions and, in addition, could pro- 

 vide certain facilities for common use in the areas they serve. Regional 

 estuarine laboratories conduct research, analysis, and development 

 specifically related to the coastal zones of their region and would serve 

 as scientific and technical advisors to coastal zone authorities and 

 appropriate State agencies. 



The establishment of these laboratories would (a) demonstrate the 

 Federal Government's recognition of the clear interest of the State 

 Government in many matters relating to estuarine management and 

 its recognition that it is in the interest of the national well-being that 

 appropriate State authorities have as much technically competent judg- 

 ment as possible to base their decisions, (b) create technical organiza- 

 tions to give adequate research and technological support to the 

 Federal decisionmaking process as it relates to estuarine matters, (c) 

 recognize through Federal action the need to support regional estu- 

 arine laboratories which can conduct a vigorous research program, 

 develop the technology for the effective utilization of the coastal zone, 

 and assume responsibility for training the necessary scientists, 

 engineers, and others needed for estuarine management. 



SUMMARY 



A. Monitoring: 



(1) Routine monitoring and surveillance of the estuarine en- 

 vironment should be pursued. 



(2) Instrumentation and techniques should be developed to 

 simplify data collection, increase reliability, and reduce costs and 

 time required. 



(3) Automatic remote telemetering should be increased and 

 improved. 



(4) Monitoring is necessary to satisfy many of the baseline 

 data gaps discussed earlier. 



(5) Monitoring systems should be coordinated with each other. 



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