Marija Sciberras (Bangor University), Jan Geert Hiddink (Bangor University), Simon Jennings (ICES), Nick Ellis (EcoSciences Precinct 41, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Oceans & Atmosphere), Adriaan Rijnsdorp (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies), Bob McConnaughey (NOAA), Ray Hilborn (University of Washington), Jeremy Collie (Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island), C.Roland Pitcher (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Ricardo Amoroso (School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington), Ana Parma (Centro Nacional Patagonico (CONICET)), Petri Suuronen (Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations), Michel Kaiser (Bangor University)