About the Authors

Nicolás L. Gutiérrez

nicolas.gutierrez@msc.org

Affiliation Marine Stewardship Council, London, United Kingdom

Sarah R. Valencia

Affiliation Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Trevor A. Branch

Affiliation School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David J. Agnew

Affiliation Marine Stewardship Council, London, United Kingdom

Julia K. Baum

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Patricia L. Bianchi

Affiliation Marine Stewardship Council, London, United Kingdom

Jorge Cornejo-Donoso

Affiliations Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Universidad Austral de Chile, Centro Trapananda, Coyhaique, Chile

Christopher Costello

Affiliation Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Omar Defeo

Affiliation UNDECIMAR, Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay

Timothy E. Essington

Affiliation School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ray Hilborn

Affiliation School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daniel D. Hoggarth

Affiliation Marine Stewardship Council, London, United Kingdom

Ashley E. Larsen

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Chris Ninnes

Affiliation Marine Stewardship Council, London, United Kingdom

Keith Sainsbury

Affiliation University of Tasmania, Tasmanian Aquaculture & Fisheries Inst, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia

Rebecca L. Selden

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Seeta Sistla

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Anthony D. M. Smith

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Amanda Stern-Pirlot

Affiliation Marine Stewardship Council, London, United Kingdom

Sarah J. Teck

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

James T. Thorson

Affiliation School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Nicholas E. Williams

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLG SRV TAB. Analyzed the data: NLG SRV. Wrote the paper: NLG SRV. Discussed the results and contributed to the manuscript: NLG SRV TAB DJA JKB PLB JCD CC OD TEE RH DDH AEL CN KS RLS SS ADMS ASP SJT JTT NEW.