Fig 1.
The area of interest (AOI): the proposed MPA.
(A) Detailed view of the currently proposed Rosh Hanikra protected area. (B) The Mediterranean Sea coast of Israel with the six new and/or expanded reserves proposed by the INPA (in green). The northernmost proposed MPA is the area originally proposed for expansion by the INPA. (C) Locus map of Israel among other countries of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Table 1.
Stakeholder (rounded) weights derived from the eigenvectors of the pairwise comparison questionnaire.
Table 2.
Explanation and sources for the choice of parameters for each high-level criteria.
Table 3.
The features (column 2) making up each of the four high-level criteria (column 1).
Fig 2.
MCA results under different scenarios within the area of interest (as in Fig 1).
From most restrictive to least: (A) fully-protected. (B) seascape reserve. (C) marine park. A significantly larger area of the AOI is indicated as suitable for protection under scenario (A) when considering the top quartile scores (≥ 25%).