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Monitoring Framework for Central Coast MPA Objectives from the MLPA Baseline Science-Management Panel Monitoring Framework for Central Coast MPA Objectives from the MLPA Baseline Science-Management Panel Excerpted from the draft California Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas (April 2007), pages 147-155 Table 5. Central coast MPA objectives that will be met (or mostly met) by adoption and implementation of the MPA. For full objectives see section 8.4.1 above. MLPA Goal By MPAs General Objective Overarching Question Monitoring Activity Number Soquel Canyon SMCA Protect rockfishes and other components Portuguese Ledge SMCA Is take of rockfish prohibited while other Completed by adoption of MPA; will require 2 of a deep benthic community, while Point Lobos SMCA harvest is allowed? monitoring of use to confirm Point Buchon SMCA allowing some harvest Provide for traditional recreational Does the MPA allow for recreational and consumptive and nonconsumptive uses Completed by adoption of MPA; will require 2 Elkhorn Slough SMP nonconsumptive uses and prohibit commercial while offering some protection due to the monitoring of use to confirm ones? prohibition of commercial fishing. Allow continued recreational harvest of finfish and commercial harvest of kelp by Does the MPA allow continued uses and Completed by adoption of MPA; will require 2 Carmel Bay SMCA hand in an area of historic recreational use prohibit take of invertebrates? monitoring of use to confirm value near Monterey harbor while protecting invertebrates. Elkhorn Slough SMR Soquel Canyon SMCA Portuguese Ledge SMCA Ed Ricketts SMCA Lovers Point SMR Pacific Grove Marine Gardens SMCA Is MPA adjacent or near to research facilities Carmel Bay SMCA Provide increased research, education and Partially completed by adoption of MPA, track 3 Point Lobos SMR or sites and do research and education study opportunities research and education activities. Point Lobos SMCA activities increase over time? Big Creek SMCA Big Creek SMR Cambria SMR Morro Bay SMRMA Morro Bay SMR Point Buchon SMR Vandenberg SMR Provide opportunities afforded by a nearby Big Creek SMCA Does MPA provide opportunity to link to Completed by adoption of MPA; will require 3 terrestrial reserve…to link classroom Big Creek SMR classroom curricula? monitoring of use to confirm curricula. Provide opportunities for collaborative Big Creek SMCA research projects involving commercial Does MPA provide opportunities for Completed by adoption of MPA; will require 3 Big Creek SMR fishermen, including a possible study on collaborative research? monitoring of use to confirm the impact of salmon fishing. Promote opportunity for use of volunteer scuba divers in research and monitoring Ed Ricketts SMCA projects by establishing a state marine Is the MPA in an area where volunteer Completed by adoption of MPA; will require 3 Pacific Grove Marine Gardens SMCA conservation area in a location heavily monitoring takes place? monitoring of use to confirm used by scuba divers where volunteer monitoring …already takes place. California Department of Fish and Game Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas April 13, 2007 Page 147 MLPA Goal By MPAs General Objective Overarching Question Monitoring Activity Number Maintain an existing state marine conservation area located near a Pacific Grove Marine Is the MPA near the population center and 3 Gardens SMCA population center that is accessible for Completed by adoption of MPA accessible to recreational opportunities? Carmel Bay SMCA recreational opportunities, both consumptive and non-consumptive. Allow for the comparison of a recreational Does the MPA allow for take/no-take 3 Carmel Bay SMCA Completed by adoption of MPA fishing area adjacent to a no-take area. comparison? Año Nuevo State Reserve, Point Lobos State Reserve, Point Sur State Historic Park, and Año Nuevo SMR Montana de Oro Point Lobos SMR Site a marine protected area adjacent to a 3 Is MPA adjacent to a State Park or Reserve? Point Sur SMR terrestrial state park or state reserve … Pt. Buchon SMR Completed by adoption of MPA Point Lobos SMR Point Lobos SMCA Establish marine protected area Big Creek SMCA complexes that meet Master Plan 5 Does complex meet minimum guidelines? Completed by adoption of MPA Big Creek SMR Framework scientific guidelines for Point Buchon SMR minimum size Point Buchon SMCA Soquel Canyon SMCA Portuguese Ledge SMCA Establish marine protected areas or Point Sur SMR complexes that meet Master Plan Does the MPA meet the preferred size 5 Point Sur SMCA Completed by adoption of MPA Piedras Blancas SMR Framework scientific guidelines regarding guidelines? Piedras Blancas SMCA preferred size. Vandenberg SMR Minimize negative socio-economic impacts by establishing a state marine conservation area which allows Does MPA allow recreational fishing and hand 5 Ed Ricketts SMCA recreational fishing and hand harvest of Completed by adoption of MPA harvest of kelp and prohibit other take? kelp by local aquaculturists, while affording protection to invertebrates and prohibiting all other commercial take. Allow continued recreational fishing in Pacific Grove Marine Are recreational fishing and kelp harvest 5 traditional use area and hand harvest of Completed by adoption of MPA Gardens SMCA allowed in the area? kelp close to abalone aquaculture facilities. Minimize negative socio-economic impacts Does the area allow waterfowl hunting while Completed by adoption of MPA by establishing a state marine recreational prohibiting other take? management area in a location that has 5 Morro Bay SMRMA experienced relatively little fishing effort but has been a traditional waterfowl hunting area. California Department of Fish and Game Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas April 13, 2007 Page 148 MLPA Goal By MPAs General Objective Overarching Question Monitoring Activity Number Minimize negative socio-economic impacts Is the area already closed to fishing? Completed by adoption of MPA 5 Morro Bay SMR by establishing a state marine reserve in a location that is already closed to fishing… Table 6. Central coast MPA monitoring activities based upon MLPA Goals and general individual MPA objectives. For full objectives see section 8.4.1 above. MLPA Potential Monitoring Activity and Goal By MPAs General Objective Overarching Question Frequency Number Año Nuevo SMR Greyhound Rock SMCA Measure community structure and species Soquel Canyon SMCA Portuguese Ledge SMCA composition including habitat forming species Point Lobos SMR within and outside MPAs over time Point Sur SMR Do species richness and/or diversity stay the Point Sur SMCA Protect area of high species diversity…and Big Creek SMCA same or increase in MPAs relative to areas of 1 maintain species diversity and Big Creek SMR similar habitat adjacent to and distant from abundance… Piedras Blancas SMR MPAs? Monitoring frequency should occur annually to Piedras Blancas SMCA every other year, except Morro Bay SMRMA Cambria SMR and Morro Bay SMR bird diversity should be Morro Bay SMRMA monitored upon implementation and every 3rd Morro Bay SMR Point Buchon SMR year thereafter Vandenberg SMR Año Nuevo SMR Soquel Canyon SMCA Portuguese Ledge SMCA Carmel Pinnacles SMR Point Lobos SMR Monitor habitat presence, composition, and Point Lobos SMCA status over time Point Sur SMR Point Sur SMCA Protect marine communities associated Is the habitat present and does it persist in a 1 Big Creek SMCA Big Creek SMR with various diverse habitats viable state within the MPA? Piedras Blancas SMR Monitoring frequency should occur upon Piedras Blancas SMCA rd Cambria SMR implementation and every 3 year thereafter, Morro Bay SMRMA Morro Bay SMR Point Buchon SMR Vandenberg SMR California Department of Fish and Game Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas April 13, 2007 Page 149 MLPA Potential Monitoring Activity and Goal By MPAs General Objective Overarching Question Frequency Number Año Nuevo SMR Greyhound Rock SMCA Elkhorn Slough SMR Elkhorn Slough SMP Measure size range, density, and makeup of Point Lobos SMR focal species assemblages within, adjacent to Point Sur SMR Do focal species inside marine reserves and far from MPAs Point Sur SMCA Protect natural size and age structure and Big Creek SMCA increase in size, numbers, and biomass 1 genetic diversity of various marine species Big Creek SMR relative to areas of similar habitat adjacent to populations Piedras Blancas SMR and distant from MPAs? Piedras Blancas SMCA Cambria SMR Monitoring frequency should occur annually to Morro Bay SMRMA every other year Morro Bay SMR Point Buchon SMR Vandenberg SMR Año Nuevo SMR Map trophic relationships then estimate Point Lobos SMR biomass for different trophic levels and Point Sur SMR Is the food web integrity greater within the measure average weight of higher trophic level Point Sur SMCA Protect natural trophic structure and food MPA than outside: Do the abundance and species where possible Piedras Blancas SMR web including forage base …for listed 1 Piedras Blancas SMCA size/age structure of key predator and prey marine birds and marine mammals as well Cambria SMR species differ inside and outside MPAs in as higher trophic level fish… Morro Bay SMRMA areas of comparable habitat? Morro Bay SMR rd th Point Buchon SMR Monitoring frequency should occur every 3 -5 Vandenberg SMR year Use community structure and focal species size range and density data to model ability to Año Nuevo SMR Is the proportion of area within which focal replenish Point Lobos SMR Protect ecosystem structure and functions species are restored to or maintained at self 1 Big Creek SMR Point Buchon SMR associated with various habitats
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