Gulf of Maine Ecosystem-Based Management Toolkit Survey Report

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Many government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the United States and Canada are collaborating to advance ecosystem-based management (EBM) in the Gulf of Maine region.

The Gulf of Maine is a semi-enclosed sea that is renowned as one of the world’s richest marine ecosystems. It is bordered by Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

As an initial step in developing an EBM Toolkit for the region, the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), in association with the EBM Tools Network, conducted an online survey of EBM practitioners in September and October 2007.

The Gulf of Maine Ecosystem-Based Management Toolkit Survey gathered region-specific information on the following topics:

Management issues and situations to which people seek to apply EBM
Critical obstacles to implementing EBM
Types of tools and information that could facilitate practice of EBM

The results are presented in the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem-Based Managment Toolkit Survey Report.

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Table of contents

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Executive Summary

Introduction
Overview
Regional EBM Workshop
Need for a Regional EBM Toolkit
Survey Objectives
Survey Method
Survey Response

Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey: Key Findings
Major Obstacles to EBM
Important Management Issues
Management Capacity
Types of Information
Training Needs

EBM Toolkit Recommendations

Appendix A: Summary of Action Item 4 from 2007 Regional EBM Workshop

Appendix B: Results of the Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey

Survey questions

Acknowledgements

Citation for the report

Taylor, Peter H. 2008. Gulf of Maine Ecosystem-Based Management Toolkit Survey Report. Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, www.gulfofmaine.org/ebm. 35 p.

For more information

Contact Peter Taylor of Waterview Consulting (Yarmouth, Maine) for information about the Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey.