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Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative

Fisheries Uses and Values Project

Customize Outputs to the Needs of the Users

In consultation with Initiative staff, we anticipate examining multiple ways in which the data generated from the study could be interpreted and used in the design and evaluation of potential MPA network alternatives. This could result in multiple formats based on the previous needs outlined by the different user groups in the Central Coast process and the desired needs to be identified in the North Central process.

We propose integrating the data into existing (DORIS DST) that generates customized and automated reports. In stakeholder deliberations, results could also be presented in summarized tables that will describe in detail the following measures for both individual MPAs and entire network packages:

Stated importance in terms of value, effort, and area
Maximum potential economic impact
Number of fisheries
Number of fishermen
Notable "outliers", e.g. individual or subsets of fishermen disproportionately affected by particular MPA alternatives.

These outputs will help inform stakeholders as they begin sitting the placement of their MPAs.

These data and outputs will also inform the SAT, BRTF, and Initiative staff when evaluating the potential socioeconomic effects of the alternative MPA network proposals through the support of DFG staff. Possible examples include:

Specific impacts to individual fishermen, select fleets, and ports
Used as a multi-cost layer in MARXAN (Possingham, 2002) or MARZONE, that can help inform the optimization of solutions where sites are selected to maximize the conservation of physical and biological features and minimize costs to consumptive and non-consumptive users (socio-economic).
Support and possibly validate the modeling work done by SAT parallel modeling group, specifically the work being done by Chris Castillo, Carl Waters and Loo Bootsford.

Given the sensitive nature of the information captured in these datasets, we feel that the options provided above would protect the confidentiality of individual participants and the fishing community and at the same time more then sufficiently support the process. This would require working with DFG and Initiative staff to integrate datasets into the DORIS DST and advising them on how and what can be used in the stakeholder process.