Planning phase
Step 6: Develop and plan concrete management actions
In this step you want to assess alternative management actions, select the most appropriate ones, and build a realistic plan that includes monitoring and.
Your goal is to plan and decide what is to be done in practice to achieve your management objectives.
Options for actions
Draft possible management actions connecting your assessments and the smart objectives
- Think in many layers: practical interventions, legislative and regulatory, active and passive. Produce many suggestions.
- E.g. “Culling sea-urchins”, “Fishing ban for wolffish”
Assess which actions are the best candidates
- Feasible
- Effective
- Accepted
Make decisions together with the community
- Which actions will be implemented?
- Who is going to implement the actions?
- Cost and funding plan
Plan for monitoring and evaluation
- What needs to be monitored to follow up the SMART objectives?
- Who is going to monitor?
- Cost and funding plan
Plan for adapting your actions over time
- What are possible adjusments if you do not meet the smart goals?
- At which trigger point will adjustments be made?
- Cost and funding plan
«The best way to have a good idea is to have many ideas»
Linus Pauling