Government and academia have clearly established the need for an integrated ecosystem-based approach to marine management to alleviate problems of fragmented management. However, in order to operationalize ecosystem-based management (EBM), the morass of law governing the ocean needs to be better understood so that place-specific problems can be prioritized and targeted in EBM planning. The first step to better understanding existing law and regulation is to have user-friendly access to them. MINOE is an ecosystem-based management (EBM) tool that is designed to help interested parties navigate through existing laws and regulations (and associated agencies) for EBM in the context of any ecosystem.