Professor Tasman Crowe:

I cannot really answer that. One of the considerations with designing MPAs and MPA networks is the size of the MPAs. Part of the analysis that we are engaged with is to determine that for different species and different habitats. If too small an area is designated, and there could be lots of very small MPAs, that may not be the best way forward. It might be that a smaller number of larger MPAs is what we really need but that will vary from feature to feature, so I cannot really give a straight answer. I am sorry to prevaricate.