As we know, oceans cover 71% of earths surface and contain roughly 99% of living space on the planet. Consequently, humanity as a race is much more dependent on them than many realize. We take an incomprehensible amount of resources from the world’s oceans, pervert their various ecological services for human interests, and in return, offer nothing back but pollution, waste, and acidification. Not surprisingly, oceans’ general health are in decline across the globe, with their resources and services following suite. Awareness concerning these global problems and failures with existing marine management policy has now created a demand for a shift to newer, more effective means of ocean management programs, not just here in the U.S, but in nations everywhere with ineffective maritime management. Ecosystem-Based Management now appears to be the best solution for these problems, and can be applied to any coastal environment with the right planning and implementation. Samhouri et al. 2014 discussed that because people are undoubtedly tied to the ocean’s services and the ocean is in turn affected by how people utilize these resources, basic integrated ecosystem assessments are not enough to properly manage these emerging coastal environmental issues. Samhouri as well as ecologist Heather Leslie (Leslie et al., 2007), argue that because the relationship between human and ocean is so complex with various elements interacting with each other, EBM is by far the best method for effective marine management policy and has seen small scale success already where its been implemented. To properly proceed with installing acceptable EBM practice does require work however. The system calls for “addressing key research needs, building interdisciplinary scientific capacity, and synthesizing and communicating scientific knowledge to policy makers, managers, and other stakeholders” to adequately address emerging coastal environmental problems(Leslie et al., 2007). Through these guidelines, though multi-faceted, policy makers and everyday citizens alike can hopefully raise overall awareness and offer aid to the ever growing problem of inept marine policy.