socioeconomic monitoring guidelines, Pacific islands, coastal managment The goal of the guidelines is to improve coastal and marine site management in the Pacific by helping people understand how to conduct a socioeconomic assessment (what it is, why it is valuable, etc.), and once the data is gathered, what to do with it and how to monitor progress. The information in the document could be used to develop a course for practitioners. It is presented in a straight forward manner and has step-by-step guidelines and guiding worksheets.