Jeremy Potter, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (formally Minerals Management Service), Camarillo, CA, United States, Chris Caldow, NOAA National Ocean Service, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, M. Elizabeth Clarke, NOAA NWFSC, Seattle, WA, United States, Craig W Russell, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Seattle, WA, United States, Guy R Gelfenbaum, USGS, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Charles K Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States and Richard Brennan, NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Silver Spring, MD, United States