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Applying the MPA monitoring framework
Meet MLPA requirements by:• Assessing ecosystem condition & trends• Evaluating MPA design & management decisions
A consultative process
• Reflect stakeholder priorities – 6 public workshops, > 200 participants
• Use best available science – 4 workshops, 56 scientists
• Focus on management – DFG technical & management review
• Review at every step – public comment in November 2010 and May 2011
To reflect the South Coast region
• Reflects South Coast ecosystems and human uses
• Identifies links to fisheries and water quality monitoring
• Is flexible and scalable• Adopts a partnerships
approach
Photo: NOAA
Photo: C. Fackler, NOAA
Photo: J. Hall, NOAA
Implementing monitoring
South Coast MPA Baseline Program1. Characterization of implementation conditions
2. Assessment of initial socioeconomic and ecological changes
Photo: M. Carver, NOAAPhoto: NOAA Photo: R. Fisher
Potential next steps
1. Consideration of draft plan
2. Recommend revisions3. Recommend inclusion
as an Appendix to the MLPA Master Plan
MPA Monitoring Framework
ECOSYSTEM FEATURES
‘How is the system doing?’ ‘How are MPAs affecting the system?’
ECOSYSTEM FEATURE CHECKUP
Vital Signs
ECOSYSTEM FEATURE ASSESSMENT
Key Attributes
& IndicatorsAND/O
R
ASSESSING ECOSYSTEM CONDITION & TRENDS
SHORT-TERM EVALUATION QUESTIONS
LONG-TERM EVALUATION QUESTIONS
EVALUATING MPA DESIGN & MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
AND
Water Quality
Monitoring
Climate ChangeMonitoring
Fisheries Monitoring
MPA Monitoring
Biological community structureNon-consumptive
uses
Ecological interactions
Habitats
Ecosystem assessment
Ecosystem processes
Select fished species
Consumptive uses
Fish mortality
Stock status
Industry demographics
Fisheries economics
Sentinel species Harmful algal
blooms
Discharge monitoring
Contaminants
Sentinel species
Species distributions
Physical oceanography
Sea level rise Ocean
acidification
Sediment monitoring
Microbiology
BiodiversityBycatch
Community structure