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Marine ecosystem approaches to management: challenges and lessons in the United States

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  • Barnes, Cassandra
  • McFadden, Katherine W.

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This study examined how the United States' largest marine resource management agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has begun to change its management strategy away from traditional marine resource management approaches towards an Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM). Surveys were conducted with 57 NOAA scientists and resource managers in nine NOAA programs in 8 different geographic regions across the United States in 2005. A qualitative analysis examined the attitudes and experiences of participants with respect to implementing EAM and identified four major challenges to enhancing cooperation and understanding of EAM. We conclude with recommendations for concrete initiatives that future efforts in EAM that any management agency can undertake to facilitate further ecosystem management opportunities.

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  • Barnes, Cassandra & McFadden, Katherine W., 2008. "Marine ecosystem approaches to management: challenges and lessons in the United States," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 387-392, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:32:y:2008:i:3:p:387-392
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    1. Espinoza-Tenorio, Alejandro & Espejel, Ileana & Wolff, Matthias, 2015. "From adoption to implementation? An academic perspective on Sustainable Fisheries Management in a developing country," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 252-260.
    2. Andrea E. Copping & Alicia M. Gorton & Roel May & Finlay Bennet & Elise DeGeorge & Miguel Repas Goncalves & Bob Rumes, 2020. "Enabling Renewable Energy While Protecting Wildlife: An Ecological Risk-Based Approach to Wind Energy Development Using Ecosystem-Based Management Values," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-18, November.
    3. van Hoof, Luc, 2015. "Fisheries management, the ecosystem approach, regionalisation and the elephants in the room," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 20-26.

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