Which of the following best describes your current interest in Ecosystem-Based Management tools?
#	Response Date	Comment
1.	Tue, 9/18/07 9:24 PM	I would like to see the development and implementation of these tools for use by coastal managers.
2.	Wed, 9/19/07 12:58 PM	Initially I would like to gain a basic understanding of available tools and capabilities. Next I would like to become an expert tool user if deemed appropriate
3.	Fri, 9/21/07 8:45 AM	I am interested in helping to formulate and improve approaches and models and promote their use
4.	Fri, 9/21/07 1:35 PM	The Northeast Region is currently engaged in pilot activities managing landscape based resource issues.
5.	Fri, 9/21/07 7:38 PM	I am not convinced any of this is ready for prime time training of the professional managers. Unless you can convince me that the ecomodels can predict what the oxygen levels will be in Narragansett upper Bay of you were to decrease the nitrogen load by 30, 40, or 50 % or what the response of the benthic fishery will be to a 2, 3 or 4 degr.C increase, then I think we are all putting the horse before the cart is even well-built! Sorry to sound like a grump, bu as a scientist I hate to see managers become disappointed when they see the "incredible science tool " being offered is so crude that it can only tell you "it's cold" when you see snow on the ground. We need ecosystem management to have a level of predictability that is adequate for managers to believe what they are saying when they limit a catch or require level of treatment down to X. I do not personally believe we are even in the ballpark yet!
6.	Fri, 9/21/07 7:50 PM	I would like to be able to provide effective tools, ona regional and national basis.
7.	Fri, 9/21/07 8:05 PM	I want to be an effective member of an advisory committee in establishing precedents for community-based, regional bay management in the State of Maine. My neck is stuck way out of my shell.
8.	Sun, 9/23/07 3:48 AM	Tools that develop trust...
9.	Thu, 9/27/07 7:13 PM	I would like to identify potential resources for the Gov of Nova Scotia to assist in implementing its Coastal Managemnt Framework.