About the Authors

Dyhia Belhabib

d.belhabib@fisheries.ubc.ca

Affiliation Sea Around Us, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada

U. Rashid Sumaila

Affiliation Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada

Vicky W. Y. Lam

Affiliation Sea Around Us, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada

Dirk Zeller

Affiliation Sea Around Us, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada

Philippe Le Billon

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Elimane Abou Kane

Affiliation Oceanographic and Fisheries Mauritanian Research Institute, BP. 22 Nouadhibou, Mauritania

Daniel Pauly

Affiliation Sea Around Us, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB VWYL PLB DP. Performed the experiments: DB. Analyzed the data: DB DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DZ URS PLB EAK DP. Wrote the paper: DB DP.