With the UK Marine Bill promoting the creation of a network of marine protected areas and similar commitments in other countries there is a need for tools to assist in their design and management. Although physical science often drives designation, the implementation of marine protected areas also encompasses political and socio-economic issues. This paper focuses on one tool in the armoury of decision-makers: choice experiments. It illustrates its application to the quantification of aspects of socio-economic value not readily incorporated into the evaluation of the costs and benefits of marine protected areas utilising cold-water deep coral reefs off the Republic of Ireland. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Glenn, H., Wattage, P., Mardle, S., Rensburg, T. V., Grehan, A., & Foley, N. (2010). Marine protected areas-substantiating their worth. Marine Policy, 34(3), 421–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.09.007
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