Northeast Integrated Ecosystem Assessment

The Northeast Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) provides a framework that brings social and ecological science and management advice to managers in a manner that is useful under current governance structures while supporting the adoption of Ecosystem-Based Management. 

 

News and Highlights

2024 State of the Ecosystem Reports: Dinoflagellate Bloom Dominates the Gulf of Maine
The annual reports synthesize changes and trends in New England and Mid-Atlantic ecosystem conditions relative to fishery management objectives.
Northeast Fisheries, Ecosystems Continue to Depart from Historical Norms
2023 State of the Ecosystem Reports show continuing physical, chemical, and biological changes in coastal Mid-Atlantic and New England ecosystems.
Tune in Wed, May 11th to a Webinar on the Northeast State of the Ecosystem: 2022 Overview
Please join us as we host a presentation on the State of the Ecosystem: 2022 Overview.
Northeast IEA Workshop to Develop 2022 State of the Ecosystem Reports This Week
The Northeast Integrated Ecosystem Assessment team kicked off the 2022 State of the Ecosystem Reports Workshop this week. This workshop is an important first step to gather data, review feedback from fishery management council members, and touch base with scientists of different disciplines.

Northeast ecosystem

Featured Projects

Northeast coastline

Assessing Risk in the Mid-Atlantic

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

fish in the Atlantic

State of the Ecosystem Reports for the Northeast U.S. Shelf

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

whale in the Atlantic ocean

Northeast Management Strategy Evaluation

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council