Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council, Natural Resources Division2010-02-152010-02-151980http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20526ARCHIVAL MATERIAL. 441 p.The Texas Coastal Program has complied 15 succinct statements of state goals and objectives for coastal resources management. The statements are drawn and condensed from numerous statutes in which the Texas Legislature has expressed state policies, goals and objectives for the protection and utilization of the state's coastal resources. The Program explains the specificity and comprehensiveness inherent in these policies by illustrating how the state agency regulations and guidelines implement these policies. The Texas Coastal Program is based on management goals as outlined here and is firmly established within statutory authority.coastal zone managementnatural resourcesresource managementbeachesgovernment policylegislationfishery resourcesBook