About the Authors

William T. White

william.white@csiro.au

Affiliations Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceans & Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Sharon A. Appleyard

Affiliations Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceans & Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Benthly Sabub

Affiliation National Fisheries Authority, National Capital District, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Peter M. Kyne

Affiliation Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Mark Harris

Affiliation F.F.C. Elasmobranch Studies, New Port Richey, Florida, United States of America

Rickson Lis

Affiliation National Fisheries Authority, National Capital District, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Leontine Baje

Affiliation National Fisheries Authority, National Capital District, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Thomas Usu

Affiliation National Fisheries Authority, National Capital District, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Jonathan J. Smart

Affiliation Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Shannon Corrigan

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Lei Yang

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Gavin J. P. Naylor

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WTW SAA BS TU JJS. Performed the experiments: WTW SAA BS RL LB MH GJPN LY SC. Analyzed the data: WTW SAA MH PMK GJPN LY SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WTW SAA LB GJPN SC LY. Wrote the paper: WTW SAA BS LB GJPN SC LY PMK MH.