About the Authors

Sam McKechnie

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia

David Fletcher

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

david@davidfletcher.consulting

Affiliation David Fletcher Consulting Limited, Karitane, Aotearoa New Zealand

Jamie Newman

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

Corey Bragg

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tokona te Ao—Tribal Economies, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

Peter W. Dillingham

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

Rosemary Clucas

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Timaru, Aotearoa New Zealand

Darren Scott

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Invercargill, Aotearoa New Zealand

Sebastian Uhlmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries and Aquatic Production, Ostend, Belgium

Phil Lyver

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

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

Affiliation Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, Aotearoa New Zealand

Andrew Gormley

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, Aotearoa New Zealand

Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

Membership of the Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Invercargill, Aotearoa New Zealand

Henrik Moller

Contributed equally to this work with: Sam McKechnie, David Fletcher, Jamie Newman, Corey Bragg, Peter W. Dillingham, Rosemary Clucas, Darren Scott, Sebastian Uhlmann, Phil Lyver, Andrew Gormley, Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Henrik Moller

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

Affiliation Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DF is a director and paid employee of David Fletcher Consulting Limited. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.