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This page presents a few of the most significant findings from the survey. Appendix B provides all data and written responses for the 32 survey questions.

Major Obstacles to EBM
Survey participants identified the following as the major obstacles to implementing EBM:

• Lack of money, time, or people to do EBM
• Lack of established methods for implementing EBM
• Lack of understanding or information on the ecosystem

See Question 4 data online or in Appendix B.

 

Important Management Issues
Survey participants are most interested in applying EBM to the following issues:

• Coastal habitats assessment and mitigation
• Stakeholder and/or community engagement
• Habitat restoration
• Marine protected area management
• Biodiversity conservation

See Question 9 data online or in Appendix B.

 

Management Capacity
Survey participants are most interested in developing capacity in the following management activities:

• Understanding how the ecosystem functions
• Engaging stakeholders in decision-making
• Communicating management processes to stakeholders
• Visualizing possible development and resource use scenarios

See Question 10 data online or in Appendix B.

 

Types of Information
Survey participants are most interested in receiving the following types of information:

• Case studies of present-day management situations in the Gulf of Maine region and how EBM could be or has been applied
• Forward-looking assessments of how the Gulf of Maine ecosystem is likely to change and implications for management
• Spatially explicit information about human activities affecting the Gulf of Maine and its watershed
• Information about how the Gulf of Maine ecosystem functions
  

See Question 12 data online or in Appendix B.

 

Training Needs
Survey participants said they primarily need the following types of training:

• Training to understand the conceptual framework of EBM and general approaches for putting EBM into practice
• Training to better understand the ecosystem context in which management occurs and that management decisions affect

See Question 18 data online or in Appendix B.

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