About the Authors

T. Todd Jones

Todd.Jones@noaa.gov

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Brian L. Bostrom

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mervin D. Hastings

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Conservation and Fisheries Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, Government of the British Virgin Islands, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Kyle S. Van Houtan

Affiliations NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel Pauly

Affiliation Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David R. Jones

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTJ BLB MDH DP DRJ. Performed the experiments: TTJ BLB MH. Analyzed the data: TTJ BLB KSVH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSVH DP DRJ. Wrote the paper: TTJ.