EBM, or ecosystem management, is the management of the uses of ecosystems. An ecosystem per se needs no management. It is the escalating human interactions with ecosystems and the damaging human impacts on ecosystems and species that need to be managed. Still, it has become clear that human uses must be accommodated within ecosystem capacities. EBM is a regime that recognizes that ecosystems are dynamic and inherently uncertain yet seeks to manage the human interactions within ecosystems to protect and maintain ecological integrity and to minimize adverse impacts.