Abstract

In the marine science community of practice, the concept of ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a management strategy that incorporates the entire ecosystem, including humans, into resource management decisions and is growing in its use to integrate and manage complex social and marine ecosystems. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) program uses a multidisciplinary framework to help advance EBM and to manage marine resources in an ecosystem context. NOAA has conducted integrated ecosystem assessment research for many years, however, 2020 was the 10-year anniversary of implementation of NOAA’s formal IEA framework around the country. This Coastal Management Journal special issue discusses the ten-plus years of IEA experiences with perspectives about and successes in the development and implementation of the NOAA IEA approach. This volume on the NOAA IEA program comprises six manuscripts ranging in content from the history and origin of IEAs in NOAA, to the development and application of IEA components to advance the tenets of EBM in coastal and marine environments.

摘要

在海洋科学实践界，基于生态系统的管理（EBM）的概念是一种管理策略，它将包括人类在内的整个生态系统纳入资源管理决策，并且越来越多地用于集成和管理复杂的社会和海洋生态系统。美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）的综合生态系统评估（IEA）计划使用多学科框架来帮助推进EBM并在生态系统范围内管理海洋资源。NOAA多年来一直进行综合的生态系统评估研究，但是2020年是NOAA在全国实施IEA正式框架十周年。本《沿海管理期刊》特刊讨论了IEA十多年的经验，并就NOAA IEA方法的开发和实施取得了成功的观点和成功经验。NOAA IEA计划的这一卷包括六篇手稿，内容从NOAA中IEA的历史和起源，到IEA组件的开发和应用，以推动沿海和海洋环境中EBM的宗旨。