Arctic Council Working Group 
EA Workshops
7th EA-EG Workshop: “Value and Valuation”
21-23 October 2025, Sommarøy Conference Hotel
The overall goal of this workshop:
To point to valuation methods and what governance mechanisms can be used when involving the diversity of Values held by the different people for actions* made by Governance, industry or private within the large marine ecosystems (LMEs) of an increasingly connected Arctic.
The “actions*” concept refers to the EBM definition of how to e.g.: “manage human marine activities”, “evaluate the health of the ocean” and “make a sustainable use of the ocean”. See the full EBM definition here.
Specific goals:
- Day 1: Understand how the diversity of values held for nature can be operationalized for the Arctic large marine ecosystems (LMEs)
- Day 2: Understand how valuation methods can be applied for the Arctic LMEs
- Day 3: Explore ways to consider a diverse system of values and valuation into the Ecosystem Approach to Management for the Arctic LMEs
Outcome: We will create a report from the workshop's results and conclusions. This report will be the background for a larger Ecosystem Approach to management (EA) development report that is currently in progress. The final, and updated, EA guidelines report will include all parts of the EA framework, including the topics covered in this workshop.
Managing Arctic marine ecosystems requires international, multidisciplinary, and cross-sectoral cooperation.
10-12 December 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark
The third International Conference on Ecosystem Approach to Management in Arctic Large Marine Ecosystem was convened in 2024. Among many outcomes (see the conference report) the conference highlighted the importance of effective international cooperation to ensure a safe and sustainable future for the Arctic. To follow up on the conference outcomes and prepare for continued work the Norwegian Chairship and international partners convened a workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 10-12 December 2024.
The workshop aimed at identifying effective ways to promote international collaboration for producing, accessing, synthesizing, and sharing scientific knowledge among organizations and Arctic Council Working Groups involved in the production of relevant knowledge, and those using this knowledge as a basis for advice on management in the CAO.
The workshop convened 28 attendees in-person and 11 more online, representing Arctic governance, scientific communities and Indigenous Peoples, to discuss and identify ways to promote international collaboration to produce, share, access, synthesize and make evidence-based advice relevant to EBM of Arctic LME.
During three intensive workshop days, participants discussed the information needed by institutions with mandates to provide management advice or make management decisions for the CAO. The meeting explored which institutions can produce and deliver this information, and how the collection, assessment, synthesis and sharing of relevant information can be made more effective across the relevant organizations and Arctic Council Working Groups.
6th EA Workshop (2018)
Methodology and status of development of ecological (quality) objectives for Arctic Large Marine Ecosystems
9-11 January 2018 Seattle, USA
Documents:
5th EA Workshop (2015)
Methodology and status of development of ecological (quality) objectives for Arctic Large Marine Ecosystems - 26-27 May 2015, Bergen, Norway
Documents:
| Name of presentation | Presenter | Download |
| Ecological objectives: role in the ecosystem approach to management | Hein Rune Skjoldal and Phil Mundy | Download |
| Objectives in US Federal and State of Alaska legislation and management | Cathy Coon (BOEM, USA) & Phil Mundy (NOAA, USA) | Download |
| Ecological Objectives and Integrated Management Plans for Norwegian Seas | Cecilie von Quillefeldt (NPI) | Download |
| Using Ecological Targets to Inform Management Decisions in the Canadian Arctic | Bethany Schroeder (DFO, Canada) | Download |
| Ecologocal Objectives in EU MSFD and HELCOM | Hermanni Kaartokallio (Finnish Environment Institute) | Download |
| Sámi Values & Traditional Knowledge | Asta Balto | Download |
| Wildlife Management System in Nunavut | Moshi Kotierk (Government of Nunavut) | Download |
| Co-management perspectives from Arctic Canada: A beluga tale... | Lisa Loseto (DFO-Canada) | Download |
4th Workshop
Dates: 16-18 June 2014, Vancouver (Canada)
3rd Workshop
Dates: 10-11, 2013, Reykjavík (Iceland)
2nd Workshop
Dates: 22-23 March, 2012, Stockholm (Sweden)
1st Workshop
Dates: 22-23 January, 2011, Tromsö (Norway)
PAME Ecosystem Approach Expert Group - 7th EA-EG Workshop: “Value and Valuation”
21-23 October 2025, Sommarøy Conference Hotel
The overall goal of this workshop:
To discuss valuation methods and what governance mechanisms can be used when involving the diversity of Values held by the different people for actions* made by Governance, industry or private within the large marine ecosystems (LMEs) of an increasingly connected Arctic.
* “actions” refers to the EBM definition of how to e.g.: “manage human marine activities”, “evaluate the health of the ocean” and “make a sustainable use of the ocean”. See the full EBM definition here: https://pame.is/ourwork/ecosystem-approach-to-management-ea/about-ea/
Specific goals:
- Day 1 - Understand how the diversity of values held for nature can be operationalized for the Arctic large marine ecosystems (LMEs)
- Day 2 - Understand how valuation methods can be applied for the Arctic LMEs
- Day 3 - Explore ways to consider a diverse system of values and valuation into the Ecosystem Approach to Management for the Arctic LMEs
Outcome: We will create a report from the workshop's results and conclusions. This report will be the background for a larger Ecosystem Approach to management (EA) development report that is currently in progress. The final, and updated, EA guidelines report will include all parts of the EA framework, including the topics covered in this workshop.