Bernadette Sloyan, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, TAS, Australia, Simon Nicols, SPC Pacific Community, Fisheries and Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Karen Guihou, Mercator Océan, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France and Patrick Lehodey, Mercator Ocean International, Marine ecosystems, Toulouse, France