Needs Assessments

Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey Report

The Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey was conducted in 2007 to help determine the types of tools and information needed to put EBM into practice.  The survey included 55 people involved in ocean and coastal management in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and U.S. and Canadian federal waters.  The report provides region-specific information on management issues to which practitioners seek to apply EBM, critical obstacles to implementing EBM, and tools and information needed to put EBM into practice.  Learn more.

NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal EBM Needs Assessment

NOAA Coastal Services Center recently released a new Coastal EBM Needs Assessment.  The assessment looks at results from about 250 respondents regarding their EBM knowledge, attitudes, use, obstacles, and data, tools, and training needs.  Learn more.

EBM Tools Network EBM Tools and Tools Training Needs Assessment

The EBM Tools Network released the results of a survey on what EBM practitioners need in terms of tools and capacity-building in September, 2007. Respondents shared their views on what they consider to be the most severe problems for implementing EBM; the most critical needs for planning and implementing EBM; the importance of increasing awareness of EBM tools; and other data.  [Please note: The EBM Tools Training Needs Assessment can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.]