About the Authors

Steven W. Purcell

steven.w.purcell@gmail.com

Affiliation National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Poasi Ngaluafe

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Forests and Fisheries, Nuku’alofa, Tonga

Simon J. Foale

Affiliation College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Nicole Cocks

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

Brian R. Cullis

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

Watisoni Lalavanua

Affiliations Partners in Community Development Fiji, Suva, Fiji, Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva, Fiji

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SWP PN WL. Data curation: SWP PN NC WL. Formal analysis: NC BRC. Funding acquisition: SWP. Investigation: SWP PN WL. Methodology: SWP PN SJF WL. Project administration: SWP. Resources: SWP NC BRC PN WL. Supervision: SWP BRC. Writing – original draft: SWP PN SJF NC BRC WL. Writing – review & editing: SWP PN NC WL.