(1) Consortium for Ocean Leadership, 1201 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA, Email: rodor@oceanleadership.org (2) Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Madrid, Spain, Email: Juan.acosta@md.ieo.es (3) Institute of Marine Research, Flodevigen, N-4817 His, Norway, Email: oddaksel@imr.no (4) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814, USA, Email: Rusty.Brainard@noaa.gov (5) Fisheries and Oceans Canada, PO Box 5667, St. John’s, NL A1C 5X1, Canada, Email: john.brattey@dfo-mpo.gc.ca (6) GRC Geociencies Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, Email: miquelcanals@ub.edu (7) University of California, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA. USA 95060, Email: costa@biology.ucsc.edu (8) IUCN High Seas Policy Advisor, Konstancin-Chylice, Poland, Email: kgjerde@it.com.pl (9) Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia, Email: John.Gunn@aad.gov.au (10) University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195-5020 USA, Email: jhorne@u.washington.edu (11) University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757220, Fairbanks, AK USA 99775-7220, Email: iken@ims.uaf.edu (12) NOAA Fisheries Maine Field Station, 17 Godfrey Drive Suite 1, Orono, ME 04473, USA, Email: John.Kocik@noaa.gov (13) University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757220, Fairbanks, AK USA 99775-7220, Email: bkonar@guru.uaf.edu (14) POST, Vancouver Aquarium, P. O. Box 3232, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6B 3X8, Email: jcpayne@u.washington.edu (15) Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences (SAHFOS), The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, UK, PL1 2PB, Email: pcre@sahfos.ac.uk (16) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, Email: robr@mbari.org (17) University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1, Email: dsteinke@uoguelph.ca (18) Ocean Biogeographic Information System, Rutgers University, NJ, USA, Email: evberghe@iobis.org