Bodil Bluhm, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Kristina Brown, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Eddy Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Sidney, BC, Canada, Seth L Danielson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States, Collette Leclerc, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and William James Williams, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada