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OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 135-145Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.01.011
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- Natural Environment Research Council [pml010005] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [pml010005] Funding Source: UKRI
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A statutory two hundred and six square kilometre 'closed area' in Lyme Bay, South West England entered into force on the 11 July 2008 to protect the reef substrate and the associated biodiversity from the impacts of trawling and dredging with heavy demersal fishing gear. This case study provides an example of how the ecosystem approach has been incorporated into decision making for marine nature conservation and shows that despite sound ecological knowledge of a marine area, the current reliance on traditional neo-classical economic valuations for marine spatial planning can obscure other issues pertinent to the ecosystem approach. With the Government seeking win-win scenarios for stakeholders in the designation of Marine Conservation Zones under the Marine and Coastal Access Act, experience of marine spatial planning in Lyme Bay has revealed that a win-win must be a long-term goal based on a thorough evaluation of the environmental, social and economic values of marine biodiversity. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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