 These policies are in place to make sure that a marine reserve is only added to the NRSMPA after careful evaluation of different data.The priorities for each region are created based on human and environmental threats and the Marine Bioregional Plans are drafted to address these priorities.To assess different region's priorities, three steps are taken, first, a bioregional profile is created, second, a bioregional plan is drafted, and third, the plan is finalised.