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The Ecosystem-based Management Community

John Surrick, Chesapeake Bay Foundation/Marine Photobank

Following concerns of overexploitation led by a community conservation group, the commercial fishing of menhaden fish in Chesapeake Bay was capped in 2005 to allow populations to replenish.

The following is a list of organizations that are recognized as running active or having recently conluded programs that promote or incorporate many or all of the guiding principles of marine ecosystem-based management. To add a link to this list, please email SeaWeb.

• CALFED Bay-Delta Program
• California Ocean Protection Council
• Census of Marine Life
• Center for the Future of the Oceans, Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Chesapeake Bay Program
• COMPASS (Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea)
• Coral Triangle Initiative
  • WWF
  • The Nature Conservancy
• Delaware Inland Bays Estuary Program
• Ecosystem-based Management Communication, SeaWeb
• Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal Marine Systems, NCEAS (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis)
• EBM Tools Network
  • Integrated Land-Sea Planning Working Group
  • Social Science Tools Working Group
• Elkhorn Slough National Estuary Research Reserve, Elkhorn Slough Foundation
• Environmental Law Institute
• Global Forum on Oceans Coasts and Islands
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Great Lakes Commission
• Great Lakes International Joint Commission
• Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
• Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
• Gulf of Mexico Alliance
• Institute for Ocean Conservation Science
• Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
• International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN)
• Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
• Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) Programs worldwide
• Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
• Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) Newsletter
• Marine Spatial Management, UNESCO
• Morro Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP)
• National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• New York Oceans and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council
• NOAA (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Coastal Learning Services Center
  • Ecosystem Goals Team
  • Large Marine Ecosystems
  • National Marine Sanctuaries
• Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative
• Ocean Program, Environmental Law Institute
• OSPAR Commission Marine Spatial Management Working Group
• Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)
• Pew Charitable Trusts
• Pew Lenfest Ocean Program
• Port Orford Ocean Resource Team (POORT), Oregon
• Puget Sound Partnership
• RealOceans, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
• San Luis Obispo Marine Interests Group
• San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance (SLOSEA)
• Seascapes Program, Conservation International
• Seascapes Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
• The Nature Conservancy