Hate to break the news but MPAs are all ready here; just not on the scale that some would like to see.

see -
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/mpa/puget_sound/index.htm

In a quick and dirty look at the above site I found that there are 539 acres of MPAs in south Sound that have rockfish use and 1,152 acres in north Sound.

Some of the information presented in WDFW's "The Biology and Assessment of Rockfishes in Puget Sound" seems to indicate that so far the MPAs have had a mixed track record as far as the rockfish go. Can't really say more until I get a chance to do some reference checking (maybe later next week).

Tight lines
Curt