Seeking Consensus on Designing Marine Protected Areas: Keeping the Fishing Community Engaged

Author: HELVEY M.¹

Source: Coastal Management, Volume 32, Number 2, April-June 2004 , pp. 173-190(18)

Purchase options

The full text electronic article is available for purchase. You will be able to download the full text electronic article after payment.

$42.75 plus tax Refund Policy

More about this publication?

More like this?

In this: publication
By this: publisher
In this Subject: Oceanography
By this author: HELVEY M.

Content Key:

- Free

- New

- Open Access

- Subscribed

- Free Trial

Abstract:

A community group was formed to consider establishing marine reserves within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in southern California. Membership included representatives from resource agencies, environmental organizations, commercial and recreational fishing interests, and the general public. While the group agreed on several areas for fishing closures, members could not reach consensus on a specific network design. Several factors interfered with the group's effort in attaining agreement resulting in the endeavor subsequently being replaced by a "top-down" approach that lacks the support of the fishing community. Lessons learned from the project emphasize the need by marine protected area participants to recognize irreconcilable impasses early in the process and to seek solutions to maneuver around them. The importance of keeping the fishing community fully engaged is discussed.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/08920750490276236

Affiliations: 1: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Long Beach, California, USA