Table 3. Participants’ opinions about the importance of public input to the outcome of Western Gulf of Maine Area Closure establishment. Values in parentheses are percentages.



	NEFMC n = 5	AP n = 4	PDT n = 5	Fishers n = 14	Total n = 28

Important	3 (60.0)	2 (50.0)	5 (100.0)	2 (14.3)	12 (42.9)
Not important	2 (40.0)	2 (50.0)	0 (0.0)	12 (85.7)	16 (57.1)

NEFMC = New England Fishery Management Council; AP = Advisory Panel; PDT = Plan Development Team