Measures for Social and Economic Monitoring of the Australian Marine Parks Navarro, M., Langlois, T.J., Burton, M., Kragt, M.E., Rogers, A. Project D6 - Socioeconomic benchmarks 1 May 2020 Milestone 5 - Draft regional workshop report Milestone 6 - Final report on essential metrics Milestone 7 - Final costed plan for essential metrics Enquiries should be addressed to: Dr Matt Navarro Postdoctoral Research fellow, UWA UWA School of Biological Sciences Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre Fairway, CRAWLEY WA 6009 Ph: (08) 6488 4364 Mob: 0452 224 681 [email protected] Project Leader’s Distribution List Research End Users Name/s Email (optional) (section/programme/organisation) Parks Australia DAWE Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Brian Knowles Service Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Allison Woolley Service Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Jen Fry Service NSW Department of Primary Dave Harrasti industries NSW Department of Primary Nathan Knott industries NSW Department of Primary Hamish Malcolm industries WA Department of Biodiversity Amanda Smith [email protected] Conservation and Attractions WA Department of Biodiversity Liesl Ludgerus [email protected] Conservation and Attractions WA Department of Biodiversity Kevin Bancroft [email protected] Conservation and Attractions WA Department of Biodiversity Peter Barnes [email protected] Conservation and Attractions WA Department of Biodiversity Stephen Mills [email protected] Conservation and Attractions WA Department of Biodiversity Melissa Evans [email protected] Conservation and Attractions Parks Victoria Kelly de Bie Parks Victoria Michelle Rose Preferred Citation Navarro M, Langlois, T.J., Burton, M., Kragt, M.E., Rogers, A.. (2020). Measures for Social and Economic Monitoring of the Australian Marine Parks. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. The University of Western Australia. Copyright This report is licensed by the University of Tasmania for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Australia Licence. For licence conditions, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Acknowledgement This work was undertaken for the Marine Biodiversity Hub, a collaborative partnership supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP). NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub partners include the University of Tasmania; CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Museums Victoria, Charles Darwin University, the University of Western Australia, Integrated Marine Observing System, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Department of Primary Industries. Important Disclaimer The NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub advises that the information contained in this publication comprises general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub (including its host organisation, employees, partners and consultants) excludes all liability to any person for any consequences, including but not limited to all losses, damages, costs, expenses and any other compensation, arising directly or indirectly from using this publication (in part or in whole) and any information or material contained in it. Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 1 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 4 2. METHODS .......................................................................................................... 6 2.1 A note on marine park nomenclature ........................................................................ 6 2.2 Approach to measure selection ................................................................................ 6 2.3 Unique considerations of the Australian Marine Parks ............................................. 7 2.4 Theoretical framework .............................................................................................. 7 2.5 Classifying measures ................................................................................................ 9 2.6 Desktop review methods ......................................................................................... 13 3. DESKTOP REVIEW RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ......................................... 15 3.1 State and Commonwealth contexts ........................................................................ 15 3.2 Desktop review results and discussion ................................................................... 17 4. REGIONAL WORKSHOPS ............................................................................... 34 5. METRIC RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................... 36 5.1 Commercial fishers ................................................................................................. 36 5.2 Charter operators .................................................................................................... 43 5.3 Recreational users .................................................................................................. 48 5.4 General public ......................................................................................................... 53 5.5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ......................................................... 57 5.6 Mining and petrochemical industries....................................................................... 59 6. PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION PLAN ............................................................ 61 6.1 Online ...................................................................................................................... 61 6.2 Ramp ....................................................................................................................... 62 6.3 Targeted .................................................................................................................. 64 6.4 Tourism ................................................................................................................... 64 7. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................ 64 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................... 66 APPENDIX ................................................................................................................. 71 List of Figures Figure 1. Australian Marine Parks locations and networks. .................................................................... 4 Figure 2. Flow diagram showing the process used to develop measure recommendations. ................. 6 Figure 3. Total Economic Value framework of values humans hold for the environment. ...................... 8 Figure 4. Process diagram showing how the AMPs affects the use and non-use values people hold for marine environments. ....................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 5. Hierarchical classification of measures for monitoring the social and economic performance of marine parks. ................................................................................................................................ 9 Figure 6. Sub-types of awareness measures. ....................................................................................... 10 Figure 7. Sub-types of use measures. .................................................................................................. 11 Figure 8. Sub-types of perception and attitude measures. ................................................................... 12 Figure 9. Sub-types of economic measures. ......................................................................................... 12 Figure 10. Illustration of market values derived from the sale of fish. ................................................... 13 Figure 11. Plots showing the number of measures by state that are part of A) ongoing versus once-off monitoring programs, and B) reported at the zonal, marine park and state levels. ....................... 18 Figure 12. Number of measures in each measure type by state. ......................................................... 18 Figure 13. Number of awareness measures by state in each measure sub-type. ................................ 19 Figure 14. Number of use measures by state in each measure sub-type. ........................................... 22 Figure 15. Number of perception measures by state in each measure sub-type. ................................ 26 Figure 16. Number of economic measures by state in each measure sub-type. .................................. 29 Figure 17. Outline of multi-survey sampling plan. ................................................................................. 61 Figure 18. Boat ramp areas selected for AMP boat ramp survey. ........................................................ 63 Figure 19. Boat ramp analysis showing the percentage of adjacent waters in AMPs. ......................... 63 List of Tables Table 1. Seven management programs for the Australian