Abstract
This article is designed to provide the methodologies used to estimate the impact to the commercial fishing industry as a result of spatial zone management changes within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and its study area, Monroe County, FL. The analysis provided here provides a template for how to estimate economic impacts when refined human use spatial data are not available. Utilizing existing habitat maps and economic data, this method downscales traditional economic methods using a spatial approach to match the fine-scale management approach utilized by the National Marine Sanctuary System. This approach allows the authors to estimate the economic impacts to the commercial fishing sector. The authors find that the proposed spatial zone changes may result in an estimated loss of 42 jobs, with 28 being harvester jobs, to the state of Florida. Additionally, $4.1 million in output and approximately $1.1 million in income may be lost. These estimates do not take into account the likelihood of substitution to alternative fishing grounds or adjusting the target species.
Highlights
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than 600,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes waters
Focusing on the impacts to Florida, the proposed draft rule may result in an estimated loss of 42 jobs, with 28 being harvester jobs
Each spatial zone proposed to be added to the existing suite of marine zones is relatively small (95% are less than 5 square kilometers and 90% are less than 1 square kilometer) and it is likely that commercial harvesters will find replacement areas and/or benefit from spillover from improvements to reefs and fish communities within closed areas
Summary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than 600,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes waters. The sanctuary surrounds more than 1700 islands, spanning the shallow water interface between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Within this area, the sanctuary protects open ocean, offshore reef tract and nearshore patch reefs, seagrass meadows, hard bottom regions, and fringing mangroves, supporting both tropical and subtropical species diversity. Within sanctuary boundaries is the largest documented contiguous seagrass community in the Northern Hemisphere, extensive coral reef habitat and maritime heritage resources [2]. OOvveerrvviieeww ooff tthhee FFKKNNMMSS bbooundary and neighborhood conservatiion juurriissddiiccttiioonnss. Hmoawnaegvienrg, wsmheanllemr amnaargiinnegzsomneasll,erregmualraitnioenzsomneasy, raeffgeuc-t lfiastihoenrsiems dayiffaefrfeencttlfyis. hEexriisetsindgifdfearteanctolyll.eEcxtiiostninegffdorattsaocnolulescetiaonndeefffofortrst odno unsoet aanlldowefffoorrttdhoe naweaodatetmooclntforitihfoeredletosaeletnrurannhcrmnodtcltsaeolamecdaeoledmtteyandtwiaishvzictaaeisnaeoellyfdffyiduoasatsmashitrrslhmioplepeseyetnprthnieroieohlalmyseoafeycnotrtdiaeidpdamtmasnsehliasisvyrddpitacesauzattatcetisoereamcoltfeattofetaaiseobshocnfnnutrltoenehseotaacnmesoldilcat.ydyomdehtaazmsesettlpiiedsalhssnieafeceuatroctshorsiltnfimmelesmmyeienmaoeipasiamdorlftlaapniiltescnmperaadautreaclssvacycmitsztwahtstzpeuosiaeatliranratolotelehiteibngifacbtesolheuolesenwienmslpmaseacsohr.txtaeaopmitepllohteslanleeinm.ecaccrtstTitnhasin.emhmeleedToleeeadpfrhdarrdeaissirelamsnceuoedttaevpcasatsshaharzp,swinpaeoanrattiteenntelsriogledeaapctubswlhnoarelswleaoindctlertteloahisemxrolmdecpnemnente.aliesttacTathda.tiiyhhfivnoiTlaeeedesaharhdpsdmeiresppeaansreltsrlpoeyeatyo,ehavtcasadtpohaeehnnedneastidddsrsstst
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