About the Authors

Alex N. Tidd

alext@spc.int

Affiliations SPC, BP D5, 98848, Noumea, New Caledonia, Cefas, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT, United Kingdom

Youen Vermard

Affiliation IFREMER, Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement Responsable de l’Unité Halieutique Manche-Mer du Nord, Unit 150, Quai Gambetta, BP 699 62321, Boulogne sur mer, France

Paul Marchal

Affiliation IFREMER, Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement Responsable de l’Unité Halieutique Manche-Mer du Nord, Unit 150, Quai Gambetta, BP 699 62321, Boulogne sur mer, France

John Pinnegar

Affiliation Cefas, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT, United Kingdom

Julia L. Blanchard

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom

E. J. Milner-Gulland

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT PM YV. Performed the experiments: AT PM YV. Analyzed the data: AT YV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT YV. Wrote the paper: AT JB JP EJMG.