About the Authors

David J. Agnew

d.agnew@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

John Pearce

Affiliation MRAG Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Ganapathiraju Pramod

Affiliation Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Tom Peatman

Affiliation MRAG Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Reg Watson

Affiliation Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

John R. Beddington

Affiliations Division of Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Government Office for Science, London, United Kingdom

Tony J. Pitcher

Affiliation Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA. Performed the experiments: DA JP GP. Analyzed the data: DA JP GP TP TP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA GP RW JB TP. Wrote the paper: DA JP TP TP.