ESSA has an internationally-recognized reputation and over 35 years of experience developing creative and durable solutions to aquatic problems in socio-ecological systems. We work around the world with resource management agencies, indigenous communities and governments, industry, NGOs, and academics, with a focus on North America.

Whether we are tackling broad-scale policy issues, developing scientifically defensible monitoring plans, or building ecological models and decision-support tools, we take a systems approach to make it easier for people, communities, and organizations to make decisions in freshwater and marine systems. To do this, we help bring together the right people, ask the right questions, and find answers and solutions through technical facilitation of workshops, deep scientific knowledge, objective problem analysis, decision support tools and advanced analytical techniques.

ESSA can help if you are struggling to identify management actions that meet your objectives and are robust to uncertainty, trying to understand and visualize trade-offs in your aquatic system, or need help conducting a deeper dive into fisheries data.

Our work in this practice area encompasses:

• Aquatic species and ecosystem risk assessment
• Habitat restoration and monitoring plans at local to whole watershed scales
• Fisheries stock assessment, catch estimation, and population modelling
• Aquatic ecosystem and food web modelling
• Fisheries management, monitoring, and reporting system evaluation and design
• Aquatic species and habitat data management systems
• Ecological flows assessment and decision-support systems

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Explore the following sample of projects in Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences which showcase our work and a foundational reading list from which we draw inspiration. Contact Brian Ma ([email protected]) or  Natascia Tamburello ([email protected]) for more information about our work in this practice area.

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