About the Authors

Seinen Chow

chow@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Stock Enhancement and Aquaculture Division, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Andrew Jeffs

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Yoichi Miyake

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Kooichi Konishi

Affiliation Research Center for Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecosystem, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Makoto Okazaki

Affiliation Research Center for Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecosystem, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Nobuaki Suzuki

Affiliation Ishigaki Tropical Station, Seikai National Research Institute, Okinawa, Japan

Muhamad F. Abdullah

Affiliation University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Hideyuki Imai

Affiliation University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Toshie Wakabayasi

Affiliation Oceanic Resources Division, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Mitsuo Sakai

Affiliation Oceanic Resources Division, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC AJ YM HI. Performed the experiments: SC MFA HI. Analyzed the data: SC NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC AJ MO MFA HI TW MS. Wrote the paper: SC AJ YM KK NS.