For decades, the scientific community has conducted essential background research and
developed appropriate modeling tools in support of an ecosystem-based approach to …

Abstract Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) has gained international popularity in recent
years, but the lack of consensus on its definition has precluded the use of a universal …

Assessing the environmental status of marine ecosystems is useful when communicating
key messages to policymakers or the society, reducing the complex information of the …

Ecosystem-based management (EBM) in the ocean is a relatively new approach, and
existing applications are evolving from more traditional management of portions of …

Declining ocean health, increasing human demands on marine ecosystems, and a history of
management focused on individual activities, species or sectors has led to calls for more …

Resource managers worldwide are being asked to consider the ecosystem while making
management decisions. Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) provides a flexible …

Assessing the environmental status of marine ecosystems is useful when communicating
key messages to policymakers or the society, reducing the complex information of the …

Between 2014 and 2016, an interdisciplinary team of researchers including physical
oceanographers, biologists, economists and anthropologists developed a working example …

Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine
ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To …

This study examined how the United States' largest marine resource management agency,
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has begun to change its …