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Subject:	mpa efforts 
Author: amy@mcbi.org 
Date:	01/24/2001 3:34 PM

Jerry,

It was good to talk with you the other day. I shared our 
conversation

with my colleagues at American Oceans Campaign, Phil Kline and Ted 
Morton and we talked through some thoughts/ideas on what might be 
a

productive and worthwhile effort. One of the main ideas we agreed 
upon

is to have a discussion that gets beyond the concept level of MPAs 
(e.g.

they are good for xyz, should be considered an important tool in 
the

toolbox etc.). My impression is that there has been a lot of that 
already, but things don't seem to get beyond that. We thought a 
useful

approach might be to have at least 2 workshops spaced a few months 
apart

(but within a definite time frame to maintain momentum) with 
balanced

representation of all stakeholders. This includes scientists, 
environmentalists, various fishing interests, tourism and 
recreation

businesses, the general public, etc. The first workshop would 
focus on

identifying common values, that is, what resource values do we 
think are

important to protect e.g. spawning areas, essential fish 
habitat/habitat

areas of particular concern, critical habitat for endangered 
species,

maintaining the full spectrum of GoM biodiversity etc. Through 
this

discussion, I think common goals will be revealed. The second 
workshop

would focus on putting lines on the map, based on what everyone 
agrees

is valuable to protect. I recognize this is a bit of a jump, and 
the

format and details of hbw to make this work would need to be 
worked


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gist of what

we were thinking:

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become unwieldy for getting actual 
good

representation. Stakeholder processes 
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representatives). (4)

make this different from previous 
failed once

concrete proposals were raised. I don't know how 
but we

can talk to those involved in previous discussion 
insights

into what went wrong.

(1) clearly defined, concrete product (i.e. lines on

sort of agreement) (2) short time frame (e.g. 6 
and representative format (groups of more than

results,

but we need to have

in the Dry.Tortugas and 
on how choose

group MPA discussions

to ensure 
groups to

that

this, 
get

So these are a few first thoughts to 
to

proceed. I look forward 
your

thoughts and reactions.

to talking with you again

open up the discussion on how 
and hearing

Best wishes, 
Amy

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