Questions

Scored on a scale of 0, 1, 2, or 3(except Q.29, 30 and 31 scored from 0 to 2) plus potential for bonus points (See Appendix 1 for scoring criteria).

TCMP score 2007

TCMP score 2016

Comments

Planning: Assessing MPA design and planning

Q8. MPA objectives: Have objectives been agreed?

0

2

Q8. MPA objectives seemed to have been agreed to but they are not being fully met in 2016. The management plan was created in 2007 but it had not been fully implemented yet in 2016.

Q9. Management Plan: Is there a management plan, and is it being implemented?

1

2

Q9. During the creation of the management plan, stakeholders’ feedback was considered at consultation workshops held in Union Island and Kingstown. However, currently it appears that stakeholder participation in decision-making and management is very limited or inexistent.

Bonus Points: The planning process allows adequate opportunity for key stakeholders to influence the management plan;

1

.1

Stakeholder representation includes various ethnic, religious, and user groups as well as representation from both genders;

1

The socioeconomic impacts of decisions are taken into account;

1

The local culture, including traditional practices, social systems, cultural features, historic sites and monuments, are considered in the planning process.

1

Total score obtained out of a possible maximum of 14

5

5