A comparison of approaches used for economic analysis in marine protected area network planning in California

► Two analyses to guide marine protected area (MPA) design in California. ► 1) Static analysis of worst-case socioeconomic impacts based on surveys. ► 2) Dynamic analysis of ecological and fishery effects using population models. ► Analyses produced similar evaluations under certain fishery scenarios. ► Future efforts could better integrate ecology, socioeconomics, and fisheries.