About the Authors

Elizabeth R. Selig

eselig@conservation.org

Affiliation Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Ecosystem Science and Economics, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Catherine Longo

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Benjamin S. Halpern

Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Center for Marine Assessment and Planning, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Benjamin D. Best

Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Darren Hardy

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Cristiane T. Elfes

Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, IUCN Global Species Programme/Conservation International, Biodiversity Assessment Unit, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Courtney Scarborough

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Kristin M. Kleisner

Affiliation Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Steven K. Katona

Affiliation Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Ecosystem Science and Economics, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERS CL BSH CS CTE SKK. Performed the experiments: ERS DH BDB BH. Analyzed the data: ERS CL KMK BSH CS DH BDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERS CTE KMK BSH. Wrote the paper: ERS CL BSH.