Coastal planning: 



It's sort of like 

 making a budget 



In your family, you probably budget your money 

 so that it goes farther and does the most for you. 

 In making a budget, you are planning how you will 

 use your money in the future. Unless you are very 

 rich, your income is limited and can be used to pay 

 only a specific number of bills before it is all spent. 



The natural resources in coastal North Carolina 

 are also limited. The land, water, fish and minerals 

 can be used only for a certain length of time at a 

 certain rate before they, too, are spent. Before now, 

 there hasn't been much planning, or budgeting, of 

 how these unique resources will be spent. Too often, 

 people have taken advantage of those resources 

 much like the guy who squanders his paycheck 

 before he gets it to the bank. 



But in times when talk of shortages is not 

 unusual and when more people flock to beaches 

 each year, planning ways to stretch the "good 

 things" on the coast becomes even more important. 



North Carolina's General Assembly provided a 

 tool that will be helpful in "budgeting" the state's 

 coastal resources last year when it passed a law 

 called the Coastal Area Management Act. Perhaps 

 the most important feature of the new law is that 



it sets the stage for planning for the future, for 

 deciding today how land, estuaries, marshes and 

 other areas on our state's coast will be used to- 

 morrow. 



Under the Act, areas of special value are to be 

 set aside and used only in ways that do not destroy 

 their uniqueness. Decisions to develop such areas, 

 to be called areas of environmental concern, might 

 compare with decisions you'd make before spend- 

 ing money out of your savings account. Only after 

 careful study and weighing the pros and cons would 

 you use your savings. And unless you absolutely 

 had to, you probably woudn't make a purchase 

 that would wipe out your entire savings. Develop- 

 ment in areas of environmental concern would have 

 to be approved by a state agency called the Coastal 

 Resources Commission (CRC). 



Local governments in the coastal zone are in 

 charge of developing "budgets" for their lands and 

 waters. They might decide, for instance, that some 

 areas in the county are better for future industrial 

 plants, while others are more suitable for residen- 

 tial districts. Their planning is similar to yours 

 when you decide that some of your income is better 

 spent on food, while another portion of it can go to 

 recreation. 



Budgeting in a family works only if members of 

 the family show good will and stick to the spending 

 plan. Similarly, if coastal management is to be 

 effective, the state's citizens and local and state 

 governments must act in a spirit of cooperation. 



New law publications 



Students at the University of North Carolina 

 Law School have delved into the legal side of issues 

 and problems in the coastal zone and in interna- 

 tional oceanic waters. Their investigations are part 

 of a course on the law of the sea taught by Dr. 

 Seymour Wurfel, professor of law. Dr. Wurfel's 

 teaching activities have been supported by the 

 UNC Sea Grant Program. 



Seven new publications representing the student 

 investigations should be off the press by mid- 

 spring. They are: 



UNC-SG-75-04. Wurfel, S., Legal Measures 

 Concerning Marine Pollution. Includes the follow- 

 ing six articles: 



"Pollution of the High Seas: The Oceans as 

 International Rivers." C. Clinton Stretch. 



"Artificial Islands: Possibilities and Legal Prob- 

 lems." Donna Le Febre. 



"Marine Pollution Control and Man-Made Is- 

 lands." Samuel A. Butts III. 



"Fourth Amendment Problems in the Enforce- 

 ment of Marine Conservation Laws." Paul Stam Jr. 



"International Ocean Dumping of Industrial 

 Chemical Waste." Paul B. Stam Sr. 



"Marine Pollution Problems in the Arctic." John 

 C. Wyatt. 



UNC-SG-75-05. Wurfel, S., Some Current Sea 



Law Problems. Includes the following six articles: 

 "Innocent Passage: An Historical and Analyti- 

 cal Perspective." Charles D. Fagan. 



"The U.S. Position on the Breadth of the Terri- 

 torial Sea: National Security and Beyond." Kent 

 He dm an. 



"The Recovery of Vessels, Aircraft and Treasure 

 in International Waters." Holmes Eleazer. 



"International Law Pertaining to Crimes 

 Aboard Aircraft." Robert E. Collins. 



"Stare Decisis in the Developing Law of the 

 Sea." David H. Rogers. 



"The Emergency Marine Fisheries Protection 

 Act of 1974 (S. 1988): A Solution, or Just an Ex- 

 tension of the Current Problems of Disorder." 

 Ronald W. Burris. 



UNC-SG-75-06. Almond, Michael A. Legal As- 

 pects of Phosphate Mining in North Carolina. 



UNC-SG-75-07. Winn, Edward L., Atlantic Lob- 

 ster Fishing: Relevance to North Carolina. 



UNC-SG-75-08. Dawson, Amos, The Law of Off- 

 shore Ports with Particular Reference to North 

 Carolina. 



UNC-SG-75-09. Kilpatrick, Joseph E., Oil and 

 Mining Law Applicable to North Carolina Offshore 

 Operations. 



UNC-SG-75-10. Andrews, William P., Fishing 

 Laws Pertaining to Waters Adjacent to North 

 Carolina. 



