Set start date for fixed MPAs
It is possible to put in a time series of MPA coverage in a box to represent spatial management change through time. However, if you really just need to start/stop a static MPA once (i.e. start an MPA after a period of time or to stop an MPA after a period of time) then set
flagSimpleStartStopMPAs 1
and provide day to start and stop the MPAs using
All_
MPAstartyr 50 (or whatever year you want the run to start)
All_
MPAendyr 100 (or whatever year you want the run to end)
For those who read the earlier post, we need to add the All_ out the front of the parameter name to indicate that its for all MPAs (and to avoid a code read error, the code was getting confused with the read-in for the MPA vector per fishery).