About the Authors

Johanna Jacomina Heymans

sheilaheymans@yahoo.com

Affiliation Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll, United Kingdom

Steven Mackinson

Affiliation Cefas, Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Ussif Rashid Sumaila

Affiliation UBC Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Andrew Dyck

Affiliation UBC Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Alyson Little

Affiliations Cefas, Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJH SM URS. Performed the experiments: JJH SM. Analyzed the data: JJH SM URS AD AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD AL. Wrote the paper: JJH SM URS AD AL.