Agency The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory is responsible for research and the Mississippi Marine 

 Conservation Commission for leasing of offshore bottoms and other estuarine conservation. 



Funding The annual expenditures of the above two agencies is about $500,000, over 75 per cent for 

 research. 



Court Tests None. 



Problems OrJy problems noted resulting from development are spoil deposits. 



New Hampshire Regulation New Hampshire adopted in 1967 a statute prohibiting the removal, 

 excavation, filling, or dredging of any bank, flat, marsh, or swamp in and adjacent to tidal waters 

 without the approval of the New Hampshire Port Authority. Conditions to protect fish and game may be 

 prescribed by the State Fish and Game Department, and installation of bulkheads or other structures 

 may be prescribed by the Port Authority. Two other 1967 laws prohibit dredging any marsh or swamp 

 lying below the mean high water level of any pubUc waters or filling below mean high water level of 

 public waters without approval by the Governor and Council. 



Acquisition Tidal marshes are being acquired by the State Fish and Game Department in small 

 installments, by gift or as funds become available. Progress has been slow, but the Department in 

 cooperation with private groups is now seeking to raise funds to acquire one 4,500 acre marsh. It is 

 thought that condemnation powers may be required to clear some titles. 



Agency The Port Authority is vested with principal regulatory authority under the tidal lands 

 control law. The Fish and Game Department is generally reponsible for fish and wildlife conservation, 

 including marine fisheries, and has estuarine land acquisition authority. 



Funding Estuarine land acquisition is currently hampered by lack of State funds, procedures, and 

 personnel, but Federal aid is available for acquisition. 



Court Tests None. 



New Jersey Acquisition A large-scale estuarine acquisition effort is underway in New Jersey. Passage 

 of a $60 miUion Green Acres bond issue in 1964 has reportedly resulted in acquisition of about 20,000 

 acres of salt marsh by the Division of Fish and Game, and another 50,000 acres are being acquired. 

 Previously, the Division had acquired about 30,000 acres. The U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries expects to 

 control over 50,000 acres when its acquisition plans are completed. Upon completion of all of these 

 programs, about 90 per cent of the high value coastal salt marsh of New Jersey is expected to be 

 protected. Under the Green Acres program, total State and local land acquisition in the coastal counties 

 has been about 65,000 acres. An additional 50,000 acres acquisition is projected in these counties under 

 the program. 



Regulation Other than the usual fish and game regulations, water pollution controls, and local 

 zoning regulation, the protection of estuaries is apparently provided mainly through control over State 

 owned lands. 



Agency The State Department of Conservation and Economic Development is responsible for 

 estuarine land acquisition and the State Department of Health for pollution control. Coordination of 

 State estuarine programs largely involves these two agencies. 



Funding Operating expenses for estuarine areas protection were $93,000 in 1967; projected 1968 

 operating expenses are $142,000. For capital expenses, see "Acquisition," above. 



New York Regulation and Acquisition Other than the usual fish and game laws, water pollution 

 controls, and restrictions upon the grant or lease of State lands. New York exercises no regulatory 

 controls in estuarine areas. New York, however, does have a multi-faceted program for public land 

 acquisition and for conservation of lands in pubUc ownership. 



Under the Park and Recreation Land Acquisition Bond Act of 1960, the State Conservation 

 Department was authorized to purchase wetlands throughout the State, and did in fact acquire one tract 

 of nearly 200 acres of tidal marsh. Under the Fish and Game Law the State may purchase land from any 



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