Marine ecosystem-based management: Challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring

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dc.contributor.authorB. Haugen, Janne
dc.contributor.authorLink, Jason
dc.contributor.authorCribari, K.
dc.contributor.authorBundy, Alida
dc.contributor.authorDickey-Collas, Mark
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, Heather
dc.contributor.authorHall, J.
dc.contributor.authorFulton, Beth
dc.contributor.authorLevenson, Judah Jacob
dc.contributor.authorParsons, D.M.
dc.contributor.authorHassellöv, Ida-Maja
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Erik
dc.contributor.authorDePiper, Geret
dc.contributor.authorGentry, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorClark, D.E.
dc.contributor.authorBrainard, R.E.
dc.contributor.authorMateos Molina, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBorja, Angel
dc.contributor.authorGelcich, S.
dc.contributor.authorGuilhon, M.
dc.contributor.authorDiaz, Natalie G.
dc.contributor.authorPedreschi, Debbi
dc.contributor.authorKhan, A.
dc.contributor.authorChuenpagdee, R.
dc.contributor.authorLarge, Scott
dc.contributor.authorDefeo, O.
dc.contributor.authorShannon, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorBailey, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorJordan, A.
dc.contributor.authorAgnalt, A.L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-21T15:10:52Z
dc.date.available2024-03-21T15:10:52Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractMarine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is recognized as the best practice for managing multiple ocean-use sectors, explicitly addressing tradeoffs among them. However, implementation is perceived as challenging and often slow. A poll of over 150 international EBM experts revealed progress, challenges, and solutions in EBM implementation worldwide. Subsequent follow-up discussions with over 40 of these experts identified remaining impediments to further implementation of EBM: governance; stakeholder engagement; support; uncertainty about and understanding of EBM; technology and data; communication and marketing. EBM is often portrayed as too complex or too challenging to be fully implemented, but we report that identifiable and achievable solutions exist (e.g., political will, persistence, capacity building, changing incentives, and strategic marketing of EBM), for most of these challenges and some solutions can solve many impediments simultaneously. Furthermore, we are advancing in key components of EBM by practitioners who may not necessarily realize they are doing so under different paradigms. These findings indicate substantial progress on EBM, more than previously reported.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipWe also extend our gratitude to the organizations that have endorsed MEBM-PEG, as well as the institutions, organizations, and funding mechanisms that allowed all the participants to participate in the workshop and the writing of this manuscript.
dc.identifier.citationHaugen, J. B., Link, J. S., Cribari, K., Bundy, A., Dickey‐Collas, M., Leslie, H. M., Hall, J., Fulton, E. A., Levenson, J. J., Parsons, D. M., Hassellöv, I., Olsen, E., DePiper, G., Gentry, R. R., Clark, D., Brainard, R. E., Mateos-Molina, D., Borja, Á., Gelcich, S., . . . Agnalt, A. (2024). Marine ecosystem-based management: Challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring. NPJ Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00041-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00041-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16249
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNPJ Ocean Sustainability
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.titleMarine ecosystem-based management: Challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring
dc.typeArticle

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