About the Authors

Alan M. Friedlander

alan.friedlander@hawaii.edu

Affiliations Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile

Enric Ballesteros

Affiliation Centre d'Estudis Avançats (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Spain

Jennifer E. Caselle

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Carlos F. Gaymer

Affiliations Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Coquimbo, Chile, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Coquimbo, Chile

Alvaro T. Palma

Affiliation FisioAqua, Santiago, Chile

Ignacio Petit

Affiliation Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile

Eduardo Varas

Affiliation FisioAqua, Santiago, Chile

Alex Muñoz Wilson

Affiliation OCEANA, SA, Santiago, Chile

Enric Sala

Affiliation Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

AMF and ES are employed by the National Geographic Society. AMW is employed by Oceana. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide to authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMF EB JEC CFG ATP IP EV AMW ES. Performed the experiments: AMF EB JEC CFG ATP IP EV. Analyzed the data: AMF EB JEC CFG ATP IP EV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMF EB JEC CFG ATP IP EV AMW ES. Wrote the paper: AMF EB JEC CFG ATP IP EV AMW ES.