About the Authors

Jimmy Martínez-Ortiz

Affiliation Subsecretaria de Recursos Pesqueros—Viceministerio de Acuacultura y Pesca (MAGAP), Avenida 4 entre calles 12 y 13. PBX: +593 5 2611410. POBOX 13-05-183. Manta, Manabí, Ecuador

Alexandre M. Aires-da-Silva

alexdasilva@iattc.org

Affiliation Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla CA 92037–1508, United States of America

Cleridy E. Lennert-Cody

Affiliation Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla CA 92037–1508, United States of America

Mark N. Maunder

Affiliation Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla CA 92037–1508, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMO. Performed the experiments: JMO. Analyzed the data: JMO AAS CLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMO AAS CLC. Wrote the paper: JMO AAS CLC MNM.