About the Authors

David P. Robinson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

sharkwatcharabia@gmail.com

Affiliation Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mohammed Y. Jaidah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Qatar Ministry of Environment, Doha, Qatar

Steffen S. Bach

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation North Oil Company, Doha, Qatar

Christoph A. Rohner

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, United States of America

Rima W. Jabado

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gulf Elasmo Project, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Rupert Ormond

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Marine Conservation International, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Simon J. Pierce

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

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