DFO Staff Views on EBM

"EBM can help us understand and embrace the connections between our work on Ecologically Significant Areas and local social, cultural and economic dynamics to ensure our initiative supports community well-being."

“'The Maritimes EBM framework is unapologetically ambitious in order to meet the broad aspirations of Canadian laws, policies and international agreements. It sets the tone for holistic and integrated management of all activities against the full spectrum of sustainability criteria.”

"EBM is our opportunity to do better at the science-policy interface. EBM allows us to understand and manage our oceans without blinders on, and to fully utilize the knowledge we currently have at our fingertips."

"An expanded approach to governing and managing coastal and marine systems is needed to ensure our plans, programs, policies, etc. will be effective. Since no single person can or should be expected to hold expertise in every discipline, knowledge system and/or context, the EBM Framework offers a collaboratively developed decision support tool to aid scientists, managers, policy makers, and more to help consider a broader suite of objectives. I'm motivated to use the EBM framework to more effectively consider unintended consequences of our decisions and away from the 'winners and losers' model".