Not argueing either, Jane Lubchenco and the gang at Pew has been pushing MPA's for years too.. Other plans have failed so now these folks get there chance. The RCA's (Rockfish Conservation Area's) have worked with the commercial catches offshore with stocks first stabilizing then slowly begining to rebuild. I do think whats going on in the nearshore fisherys is more related to predation from the broken food chains, primarily salmon, with the illtimed plan to protect the SeaLions and Seals and at the same time reduce hatchery output to try and let natural stocks make a comeback. Just ain't going to work with all the salmon habitat loss and half a million hungry furbags out there.