Hook and line fishing requires anchoring and sometimes fishing at 

 night when it can be difficult to set anchors away from coral. However, 

 it appears from personal interviews with fishermen that most boats avoid 

 the Fore Reef to prevent hull damage. 



V. SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 



The regulatory alternatives were developed in relation to the loca- 

 tion and size of the boundary alternatives and the environmental, social 

 economic consequences of such regulations. The detailed analyses of the 

 environmental consequences of these boundary and regulatory alternatives 

 are found in Chapter 4. This section summarizes these detailed analyses 

 in tabular form. The various proposed boundary and regulatory alterna- 

 tives Are summarized in Tables 1 through 5 -- The Alternative Matrices. 



Tables 1 through 5 compare the various regulatory alternatives sum- 

 marizing the impacts of each alternative on the marine resources, and on 

 the human users of Looe Key. Three regulatory alternatives are presented 

 for the control of each of the human activity categories at Looe Key. The 

 regulations representing the status quo or no action are identified by the 

 initials "s.q." 



In most cases, the proposed regulations apply to all three boundary 

 alternatives. If the regulation only applies to some but not all three 

 boundary alternatives, then the appropriate boundary alternative is iden- 

 tified at the top of the matrix. "Restricted" regulations indicate a 

 partial but not complete prohibition of the activity (i.e., banning in 

 the one mile area but not in the 5 mile area) or, in the case of anchoring 

 and spearf ishing, different ways of approaching regulation of the activity. 



The preferred alternative for the regulation of each human activity, 

 outlined at the top of each matrix, is the result of weighing the environ- 

 mental, social and economic benefits and costs of each proposal as evaluated 

 in each matrix with an X. "Protection" in the context of the matrices means 

 ecological as well as physical protection. For example, by controlling the 

 removal of living coral, the regulation benefits or partially protects the 

 tropical fish and invertebrates belonging to the same ecological system. 

 By prohibiting the use of wire fish traps in boundary alternatives 1 and 

 2, the regulation would partially protect tropical specimens. In some cases 

 the regulation neither adversely nor positively impacts a marine resource 

 and is thorefore rated "Not Applicable." 



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