About the Authors

Spencer E. Fire

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sfire@fit.edu

Affiliation Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States of America

Andrea Bogomolni

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

Affiliation Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert A. DiGiovanni Jr.

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Hampton Bays, New York, United States of America

Greg Early

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integrated Statistics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tod A. Leighfield

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Keith Matassa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance, Laguna Niguel, California, United States of America

Glenn A. Miller

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States of America

Kathleen M. T. Moore

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael Moore

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Misty Niemeyer

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katie Pugliares

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zhihong Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CSS Corporation, Fairfax, VA, United States of America, Under Contract to National Ocean Service, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Frederick W. Wenzel

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

DE is affiliated with Integrated Statistics. ZW is affiliated with CCS Corporation. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.