Table 2.

Criteria used to assign priorities for the development of spatial prioritization models to select Locally Managed Marine Areas, ordered from highest to lowest importance for cell removal.

Preliminary criteria	Final criteria	Rationale (final criteria)
1. Areas allowed according to existing management instruments	1. Areas allowed according to existing management instruments	Removes areas as required by law
2. Higher fishing intensity	2. Management areas selected by the Intercommunity Fisher Group (IFG) (November 2015)	Removes the main fishing areas preferred by fishers
3. Higher likelihood of finding a species	3. Lower overlap with selected management areas for other communities	Minimizes conflict between communities
4. Lower overlap between communities’ fishing areas (for the same species)	4. Lower conflict with other fisheries and uses.	Minimizes conflict between fisheries
5. Lower conflicts with other fisheries and uses.	5. Higher likelihood of finding a species and fishing areas.	Eliminates areas with low abundance of target species
	6. Avoid rocky reefs.	Avoids reefs used for spawning and refuge
	7. Lower probability of incidental catch	Avoids areas with higher biodiversity