Group | Characteristics and views | |||||||
Interactions with MPA | Reliance on MPA | Main activity on MPA | Views on resource conditions | Views on no-take MPA | No-take MPA location | Preferred process | Preferred mgmt. agency | |
Commercial fishermen | Consumptive, extractive | Moderate to minimal | Diving, line fishing, some trap fishing | Declining | 80% support | Icacos, Lobos | Meetings | Federal |
Dive charters | Mostly non-consumptive | High | Diving off islands and coral reefs | Declining | 73% support | Icacos, Diablo | Meetings, technical workshops | Federal |
Mixed trip charters | Mostly non-consumptive | High | Pleasure trips to nearby islands | Declining | 73% support | Icacos | Meetings, technical workshops | Federal |
Registered vessel operators | Mixture of consumptive and non-consumptive | Moderate to high | Pleasure trips to nearby islands | N/A | 52% support | Icacos | Need for awareness, education within group | N/A |