IEA Approach

What is NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment?

NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) is an approach that engages scientists, stakeholders, and managers to integrate all components of an ecosystem, including human needs and activities, into the decision-making process so that managers can balance trade-offs and determine what is more likely to achieve their desired goals. This approach provides the science necessary to carry out Ecosystem-Based Management and is a key part of NOAA’s ecosystem science enterprise.

Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program

 

The IEA Program is comprised of the Program Manager, the regional IEA science teams, and the Steering Committee.

The NOAA Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) Program is a NOAA-wide initiative that oversees the direction and execution of Integrated Ecosystem Assessments within the United States ocean and coastal ecosys

California Current Reports

Reports to the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)

 

2024-25 Ecosystem Status Report 

This report summarizes California Current Marine Ecosystem status based on data and analyses that generally run through 2024.

Coral Reefs Vulnerable to Climate Change

Protection of coral reefs against climate change

Human and coral reef communities in Hawai‘i have always been connected. Actions taken to reduce coral reef vulnerability are in the spirit of maintaining the strength of these connections as the climate changes. Management actions that modify human activities on the west coast of the island of Hawai‘i (West Hawai‘i) will increase coral reefs ability to resist and recover from climate change and other disturbances.