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It is my judgment that all Coastal States and all States affected by 
the Commission’s report should take similar action to implement and 
coordinate its activities in this field. 
Now, the genteman from Ohio, Mr. Mosher. 
Mr. Mosuer. Mr. Chairman, I must say that Governor Scott’s tes- 
timony this morning is an eye opener for me. Frankly, I had not rec- 
ognized the variety and extent of oceanographic opportunnities that 
exist in your State and the variety and extent of the activities already 
underway there. I certainly salute you and I can certainly understand 
our chairman’s energetic interest in this whole field when I realize 
what an important role your State is playing. 
Alsc Iam impressed with your strong support for the recommenda- 
tions of the Stratton Commission, and I especially note at the top of 
page 8 that you seem to suggest that our top priority for Federal legis- 
lation should be legislation which would authorize the establishment 
of State Coastal Zone Authorities. You put that even ahead of reorga- 
nizing and coordinating the Federal executive agencies in this area. 
Also I was interested on page 2, at the bottom, in your recognition 
that some of the activities in this area are incompatible with other 
activities, where you say there are conflicting claims for the marine 
resource use and this creates some serious problems, and it is for that 
reason that you endorse the commission’s recommendations concerning 
the creation of coastal zone authorities and coastal zone laboratores. 
Then on page 5 you indicate what steps you are already taking to 
implement those recommendations. 
Do vou want to say just a little bit more, Governor. about how in 
practice the establishment of these coastal zone authorities and coastal 
zone laboratories would solve the problem of incompatibility and con- 
flicting claims? 
Governor Scorr. Yes, I would be happy to elaborate briefly on that. 
In North Carolina, of course, as I suppose is to be found in every 
coastal State, there obviously are conflicting uses of marine resources. 
For many years in our State we have had running battles between the 
commercial fishing interests and the sports fishing interests. Also we 
have had a conflict of interest in those who would wish to provide 
dredging in certain areas to open up channels into areas and whether 
or not this would disturb the nursery areas for marine life, and a 
number of conflicts. 
In North Carolina, recognizing that there were a number of indi- 
vidual activities going on some by State-supported institutions of 
higher learning and some by private institutions, we have established 
the Marine Sciences Council as a statutory agency to try to pull all of 
this together to provide a coordinating approach. 
We feel that with the establishment of the coastal zone authority, 
then we will be in a stronger position to move to bring about the neces- 
sary coordination, to bring together the varied interests and resolve 
some of these conflicts and further with the establishment of the lab- 
oratories we can move, I think, more effectively into the whole broad 
area of research. This is really one of the keys to the proper develop- 
ment of this whole marine resource use. 
Mr. Mosurr. You conceive of these Coastal Zone Authorities as 
