Coordination of Regulation and Development The principal agencies that would be listed at this 

 writing as likely to be involved in arrangements for coordinating estuarine regulation and development 

 are the Division of Commercial Fisheries of the Department of Wildlife Resources, the Division of 

 General Services of the Budget and Control Board, and the State Attorney General. 



Texas Regulation Other than the usual water pollution control legislation, Texas' only regulatory 

 controls over estuaries involve: (1) estabhshment of bulkhead lines over submerged State lands, beyond 

 which leases may not be made and (2) authority to regulate disturbance of bay bottoms that might 

 affect fish or shellfish nursery areas. 



Program Goals To protect nursery areas, oyster reefs, and fish producing waters; a permit system to 

 regulate disturbance of bay bottoms is now being designed. 



Agency The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is responsible for protection of bay bottoms. The 

 Submerged Land Committee (composed of Director of Parks and WildUfe Department, two university 

 marine science officials, and two Governor's appointees) advises the School Land Board on leases and 

 bulkhead lines. 



Court Tests Bay bottoms regulation has been confirmed by the Attorney General. 



Funding The Department expects to have one full-time professional employee. 



Virgiiiia No detailed information was obtained from Virginia State agencies concerning estuarine 

 programs. It is reported that the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, the Commission of 

 Fisheries, the Water Control Board, and the Division of Water Resources all have administrative 

 responsibilities relating to estuarine resources. It is also reported that the Commission of Game and 

 Inland Fisheries has acquired several large areas of coastal marsh and expects to acquire more, that the 

 State Parks Commission also has acquired some salt marsh, and that a feasibility study for further 

 acquisitions is contemplated. 



Washington The Department of Natural Resources controls ownership, disposal, and leasing of tidal and 

 subtidal lands. The Department of Fisheries is responsible for the State's $6.5 million annual program of 

 fisheries management and research, including shellfish and food fish. 



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