About the Authors

Juan Lopez Arriaza

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Current address: The Climate Corporation, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Center for Stock Assessment Research, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

David A. Boughton

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

David.Boughton@noaa.gov

Affiliation Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Kevan Urquhart

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Monterey, California, United States of America

Marc Mangel

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Center for Stock Assessment Research, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

DB and KU are employed by public agencies whose missions include the conservation of the biological resource described in the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.