Final technical report - Establishing a spatial and economic baseline of human uses in the North Central Coast region of California

This executive summary report provides a summary of the methods and major findings from a four-part study conducted by Ecotrust to provide baseline estimates of the quantity, spatial distribution, and economic value of human uses in the North Central Coast (NCC) study region. The NCC region stretches from Alder Creek in the north to Pigeon Point in the south. Specifically, we provide results in the following four types of human uses: commercial fishing, commercial passenger fishing vessels, coastal recreation, and the recreational abalone fishery. This study is a part of the larger marine protected areas (MPAs) monitoring effort, entitled the MPA Baseline Program, which is tasked with characterizing the ecological and socioeconomic conditions within the NCC region and across the state. Specifically, this study addresses the Baseline Program’s objective of describing human use patterns across the study region and establishing initial data points for long-term tracking of conditions and trends.Report 1: An economic and spatial baseline of coastal recreation in the North Central Coast of CaliforniaReport 2: Establishing a baseline and assessing initial spatial and economic change in the California North Central Coast commercial fisheriesReport 3: Establishing a spatial and economic baseline and assessing initial changes in the California North Central Coast CPFV fisheriesReport 4: California North Central Coast recreational red abalone fishery: establishing a spatial and economic baseline data set for long term MPA monitoring

这份执行摘要报告梳理了生态信托（Ecotrust）开展的四项分研究的方法与核心发现，该研究旨在为北中海岸（North Central Coast, NCC）研究区域内人类涉海活动的数量、空间分布与经济价值提供基准估算值。
NCC研究区域北起奥尔德溪（Alder Creek），南至鸽子角（Pigeon Point）。
具体而言，本报告覆盖四类人类涉海活动的研究结果：商业捕捞、商业载客渔船（Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels, CPFV）、滨海休闲活动，以及休闲鲍鱼捕捞业。
本研究隶属于更大范围的海洋保护区（Marine Protected Areas, MPAs）监测项目——海洋保护区基准项目（MPA Baseline Program），该项目旨在刻画NCC研究区域乃至全州的生态与社会经济状况。
具体而言，本研究达成了基准项目的既定目标：刻画研究区域内的人类活动模式，并为长期追踪区域状况与发展趋势建立初始基准数据点。
本次研究包含四份分报告：
报告1：加利福尼亚州北中海岸滨海休闲活动的经济与空间基准
报告2：建立加利福尼亚州北中海岸商业捕捞业的基准并评估其初步空间与经济变化
报告3：建立加利福尼亚州北中海岸商业载客渔船渔业的空间与经济基准并评估其初步变化
报告4：加利福尼亚州北中海岸休闲红鲍捕捞业：建立长期海洋保护区监测所需的空间与经济基准数据集