While some of this information is available piecemeal within project reports, minutes, websites and newsletters, processes do not yet have a clear format for sharing these details with the public. This gap was illustrated when we attempted to compile this information during Phase Two of this research. In particular, the cost of MPA planning is difficult to ascertain and should be more closely monitored in the future to help provide a full cost account of MPA planning processes and associated efficiencies and trade-offs.