Proceedings from the Gulf States Conference on Coastal Zone Management

The objectives of the Gulf States Conference on Coastal Zone Management were to provide a basis for these five states to exchange information, engender cooperation and coordination and identify interstate problems which migh require additional emphasis to facilitate coherency in regional coastal zone management. As a result of this conference, we have all taken the first step in this direction. This conference was sponsored by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium under contractual arrangements with the Mississippi Marine Resources Council. The Council is supported by the State of Mississippi and by a coastal zone management program development grant from the Office of Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, as authorized by Section 305 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium is supported by the State of Mississippi and the Office of Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.