Donglai Gong, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, Nicolai von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Rockland Scientific Inc, Victoria, NF, Canada, Justin Shapiro, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Doug Wilson, University of the Virgin Islands, St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Jack Oliver Slater, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Coastal & Ocean Processes, Gloucester Point, United States, Dr. Laur Ferris, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States, Wieter Boone, Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium, Peter J Brickley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States and Clark Richards, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada