About the Authors

Kaylyn S. McCoy

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Kaylyn.mccoy@noaa.gov

Affiliations Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Ivor D. Williams

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ecosystem Sciences Division, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Alan M. Friedlander

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Hongguang Ma

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division, Insular Fisheries Monitoring Program, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

Lida Teneva

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Conservation International, Center for Oceans, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America

John N. Kittinger

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Conservation International, Center for Oceans, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, Arizona State University, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Life Sciences Center, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Conservation International, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.