Ecosystem-Based Management
A US perspective
Rebecca L. Shuford
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
AORA Workshop: Making the Ecosystem Approach Operational
20-22 January 2-16
EEA Headquarters, Copenhagen, Denmark
Outline
• EBM as a Continuum
• Status of EBM in US Federal Programs
• NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
Program
• BOEM’s ecosystem efforts in the Atlantic
The EBM Continuum/ Spectrum
UNEP, 2011
Sectoral Continuum
UNEP, 2011
Percentage of Programs Using EBM-BMP
Status of marine and coastal ecosystem-based management
among the network of U.S. federal programs
100
Resource
Management/Extractive
Uses
Resource
Management/Nonextractive Uses
Mission Driven
80
60
40
Science/Research
20
0
92.3%
65.8%
Dell’Apa, et al: Marine Policy 60 (2015) 249-258
http://ecosystems.noaa.gov/Home.aspx
NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) Program
IEAs Provide an Analytical Framework to Implement EBM
• Is a decision-support process that
synthesizes and analyzes diverse data
and ecosystem model outputs
• Is modular, iterative, scaleable, and
adaptable
• Shares a common national framework,
yet with regional variation in
implementation
• Provides assessments of the ecosystem
across and within multiple ocean-use
sectors
www.noaa.gov/iea
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Groundfish in the CCIEA
• Groundfish represent one of the best
integrated components across the
California Current IEA
• Well represented in most indicators of
ecological integrity (diversity, food
web)
• First component with Risk
Assessment
• Multiple Management Strategy
Evaluations (MSEs) conducted
• Groundfish fisheries are focus of
human dimensions work (especially
effects of IFQs)
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Example: Ecosystem Service Trade-offs
in the Gulf of Mexico
MSE: Cumulative Stress
on Ecosystem Services
Science and
Education
Current
Enhanced MPA
Aesthetic
Environment
160
140
Climate Stability
120
100
80
Recreational
Fishing
Commercial
Extraction
60
40
20
0
Protection from
Storms
Existence Natural
System
Pristine
Wilderness
Experience
Historic and
Cultural
Resources
Pollution
Treatment
Non-Extractive
Recreation
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Engaged with the Northeast and MidAtlantic RPBs to support ocean planning
• Growing partnership with
both RPBs/ ROCs
• Near-term activities include:
– Region-specific ecosystem
service indicators and metrics
– Maps for ocean plan representing use patterns,
ecologically important (and
vulnerable) areas
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BOEM in the Atlantic
• Conducting studies in
the Atlantic on all three
BOEM-regulated
activities:
– Marine Minerals
– Renewable Energy
– Conventional Energy
Renewable Energy Example
Proposed Wind Energy Lease Areas
Massachusetts coast
41°0'0"N
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F G H
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M N O P M N O P M N O P M N O P
Providence NK 19-07
Block Island Shelf NK 19-10
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A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
E F G H E F G H E F G H E F G H E F G H E F G H
I J K L I J K L I J K L I J K L I J K L I J K L
M N O
N O P
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F G H
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M N O
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Chatham NK 19-08
41°0'0"N
Massachusetts Call Area
Hydrographer Canyon NK 19-11
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seaducks.org
A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
E F G H E F G H E F G H E F G H
I J K L I J K L I J K L I J K
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Call Area
40°30'0"N
40°30'0"N
1 nm Buffer from TSS
TSS
OCS Blocks
Bathymetry 30m
Official Protraction Diagram
Bathymetry 60m
71°0'0"W
70°30'0"W
70°0'0"W
Map ID: PACB-2011-1061
Nantucket Shoals proved to be a
foraging hotspot for wintering
long-tailed ducks.
Amphipod
Renewable Energy Example
Final Wind energy Lease Sale Area
Final wind energy
lease sale areas
avoid conflicting
interests such as the
duck foraging
ground, essential
fish habitats, vessel
traffic, and national
security.
Contacts
• National:
– [email protected]
• NOAA:
– [email protected]
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• BOEM:
– [email protected]