MPA Arrays, Proposals and Evaluations: Round 1 (North Central Coast Study Region)

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Information for Round 1 North Coast External Proposed MPA Arrays by Community Groups

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External proposed marine protected area (MPA) arrays were developed by the north coast community groups for Round 1 in the MLPA North Coast MPA planning process. These external MPA arrays will be analyzed by the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT), California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks), and MLPA Initiative staff. They will also be reviewed by the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF). In addition, the MLPA North Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCRSG) will receive the information and evaluations of these north coast External MPA arrays.

Eight North Coast External Proposed MPA Arrays have been submitted by community groups and details about the arrays are listed below:

• External MPA Array A (submitted by Foodshed Group)
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map
  • Staff Summary (Updated March 9, 2010)
  • Description of MPAs (Updated March 9, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps
  • Letter from Authors of External Proposed Array A to the NCRSG, March 24, 2010 (added April 6, 2010)
• External MPA Array B (submitted by Mendocino Ocean Community Alliance (MOCA)
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps
  • Presentation by Authors of External Proposed Array B to the NCRSG, March 24, 2010 (added April 6, 2010)
• External MPA Array C (submitted by Conservation Coalition)
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs (Updated February 17, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Presentation by Authors of External Proposed Array C to the NCRSG, March 24, 2010 (added April 6, 2010)
• External MPA Array D (submitted by Northern Redwoods Oceanic Group)
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs (Updated February 17, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Presentation by Authors of External Proposed Array D to the NCRSG, March 24, 2010 (added April 6, 2010)
• External MPA Array E (submitted by Students for Environmental Action (S.E.A.))
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs (Updated February 17, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Presentation by Authors of External Proposed Array E to the NCRSG, March 24, 2010 (added April 6, 2010)
• External MPA Array F (submitted by Albion Harbor Regional Alliance)
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs (Updated March 5, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps (Updated February 18, 2010)
  • Presentation by Authors of External Proposed Array F to the NCRSG, March 24, 2010 (added April 6, 2010)
• External MPA Array G (submitted by North Coast Local Interest (NCLI) MPA Workgroup)
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs (Updated March 5, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps
• External MPA Array H (submitted by California Fisheries Coalition (CFC))
  • Narrative Rationale
  • Overview Map
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs (Updated March 5, 2010)
  • Consideration of Existing MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps

In addition to the eight external proposed MPA arrays submitted by community groups, the existing north coast study region MPAs will also be evaluated and reviewed.

• Proposal 0 (existing MPAs)
  • Overview Map (Updated February 26, 2010)
  • Staff Summary
  • Description of MPAs
  • Habitat Calculations
  • Subregional Maps (Updated February 26, 2010)

Evaluations on Round 1 North Coast External Proposed MPA Arrays by Community Groups

Various methods are being used to evaluate marine protected area (MPA) arrays for the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) North Coast Study Region. Evaluations of MPA arrays are conducted relative to MLPA goals, science guidelines, potential impacts to commercial and recreational fishing, California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) feasibility criteria, and California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) guidance.

From this page you can view a document that describes the various evaluation methods, the evaluations of external proposed MPA arrays, and additional supplementary information.

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General evaluation materials

• Summary of MLPA Guidance, Guidelines and Evaluation Approaches
• Overview PowerPoint Presentation (presented to NCRSG March 24, 2010)
• Area histograms
• Overlap maps

SAT evaluations

• Draft Methods Used to Evaluate Marine Protected Area Proposals in the MLPA North Coast Study Region (March 16, 2010)
• PowerPoint Presentation: Science Guidelines for MPA Planning (from Master Plan)

Habitat representation and habitat replication, MPA size and MPA spacing evaluations

• Habitat representation and replication Evaluation summary PowerPoint (presented March 24, 2010)
• MPA size and spacing evaluation summary PowerPoint (presented March 24, 2010)
• Evaluation Summary document
• Graphs

Potential commercial and recreational fishery impacts evaluation

• Evaluation Methods Report
• Evaluation summary PowerPoint (presented March 24, 2010)
• Summary of Round 1 Evaluation document
• Data on Potential Impacts to Commercial Fisheries for All External Proposed Arrays (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
• Data on Potential Impacts to Fishing from Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels for All External Proposed Arrays (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
• Data on Potential Impacts to Recreational Fisheries for All External Proposed Arrays (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)

Bioeconomic model evaluations

• Revised Round 1 Outputs: Figures and Graphs (June 14, 2010)
• Table 1: Biomass and Fishery Yield (June 14, 2010)
• Table 2: Biomass and Self-recruitment (June 14, 2010)
• Table 3: Individual MPA Deletion Analysis (June 14, 2010)
• Genetic Connectivity Evaluations (July 8, 2010)
• Description of maps showing geographic representations of bioeconomic modeling results (June 14, 2010)
• Maps showing geographic representations of bioeconomic modeling results:
  ExA, ExB, ExC, ExD, ExE, ExF, ExG, ExH, Existing MPAs, Habitat Maps

Earlier Drafts of Bioeconomic Modeling Documents for External Array Proposals

Marine bird and mammal evaluations

• Evaluation summary PowerPoint (presented March 25, 2010)
• Marine Birds Evaluation Results
• Marine Mammal Evaluation Results

Water quality evaluation

• Evaluation summary PowerPoint (presented March 24, 2010)
• Water Quality Guidance
• Draft Maps for the North Coast Study Region

California Department of Fish and Game evaluation (related to the management, enforcement, and goals and objectives of the proposed MPAs)

• DFG Feasibility Criteria and Evaluation Components for Marine Protected Area Proposals
• DFG Feasibility Evaluation and Title 14 Regulatory Text of Existing MPAs in the North Coast Study Region
• DFG Guidance and Evaluation Methods, Evaluation of Existing NCSR MPAs, and Results of Round 1 Evaluation PowerPoint
• DFG Feasibility Evaluation of Round 1 MPA Arrays

California Department of Parks and Recreation evaluation (related to the design and management of the proposed MPAs)

• California State Parks Guidance for Creating Marine Managed Areas (March 23, 2010)
• California State Parks evaluation PowerPoint (presented on March 25, 2010)
• California State Parks Evaluation of North Coast Round 1 External Proposed MPA Arrays (March 23, 2010)