About the Authors

Kristin M. Kleisner

kristin.kleisner@noaa.gov

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael J. Fogarty

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sally McGee

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Analie Barnett

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paula Fratantoni

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer Greene

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jonathan A. Hare

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sean M. Lucey

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher McGuire

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jay Odell

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vincent S. Saba

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, c/o Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University Forrestal Campus, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Laurel Smith

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine J. Weaver

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Malin L. Pinsky

Affiliation Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMK MJF SM AB PF JG JAH SML CM JO VSS LS KJW MLP. Performed the experiments: KMK AB PF VSS MLP. Analyzed the data: KMK MJF SM AB PF JG JAH SML CM JO VSS LS KJW MLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMK MJF SM AB PF JG JAH SML CM JO VSS LS KJW MLP. Wrote the paper: KMK MJF SM AB PF JG JAH SML CM JO VSS LS KJW MLP.