About the Authors

James L. Anderson

Affiliation Institute for Global Food Systems, University of Florida, PO Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America

Christopher M. Anderson

cmand@uw.edu

Affiliation School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98105, United States of America

Jingjie Chu

Affiliation The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, United States of America

Jennifer Meredith

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Washington, Box 353330, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America

Frank Asche

Affiliation Department of Industrial Economics, University of Stavanger, Stavanger 4036, Norway

Gil Sylvia

Affiliation Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Marine Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365, United States of America

Martin D. Smith

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, United States of America

Dessy Anggraeni

Affiliation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, JL. Palem Putri IX/NO. 1, Taman Yasmin V, Bogor 16112, Indonesia

Robert Arthur

Affiliation MRAG Ltd., 18 Queen Street, London W1J 5PN, United Kingdom

Atle Guttormsen

Affiliation Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas 1432, Norway

Jessica K. McCluney

Affiliation School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98105, United States of America

Tim Ward

Affiliation South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)—Aquatic Sciences, PO Box 120, Henley Beach, SA 5022, Australia

Wisdom Akpalu

Affiliation United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research, C/O Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, P.O BOX LG 74, Legon, Ghana

Håkan Eggert

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Jimely Flores

Affiliation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, Block1, #5 El Rio Vista Phase 5, 8000 Davao City, Philippines

Matthew A. Freeman

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Economics, PO Box 5187, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States of America

Daniel S. Holland

Affiliation Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Centre, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Blvd, Seattle, WA 98112, United States of America

Gunnar Knapp

Affiliation Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, United States of America

Mimako Kobayashi

Affiliation Environment and Natural Resource Management, The World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20433, United States of America

Sherry Larkin

Affiliation Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, PO Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America

Kari MacLauchlin

Affiliation South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Dr., Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405, United States of America

Kurt Schnier

Affiliation School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, United States of America

Mark Soboil

Affiliation Marine Economic Development, Level 1 83–85 Victoria Rd, Devonport 0624, Aukland, New Zealand

Sigbjorn Tveteras

Affiliation University of Stavanger, Stavanger 4036, Norway

Hirotsugu Uchida

Affiliation Department of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, 205 Kingston Coastal Institute, One Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, United States of America

Diego Valderrama

Affiliation Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, PO Box 110240, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America

Competing Interests

Robert Arthur works for a for-profit firm, MRAG, Ltd. His participation in the project was supported by already-disclosed financial sources (he conducted a case study and participated in a workshop funded by The World Bank PROFISH group). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA CA JC. Analyzed the data: CA J. Meredith. Wrote the paper: CA J. Meredith. Conducted case studies: JC J. McCluney J. Meredith CA TW DA FA GS M. Smith RA AG M. Soboil WA HE JF MF DH GK MK SL KM KS MS ST HU DV. Participated in instrument workshops: JA CA JC J. Meredith FA GS RA AG TW WA MF GK MK SL KM HU.