About the Authors

Martina Bocci

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

martina.bocci.1@gmail.com

Current address: t-ELIKA Srl, Giudecca, Venice, Italy

Affiliation Thetis Spa, Castello, Venice, Italy

Stephen Joseph Sangiuliano

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Marine Scotland, Scottish Government, Marine Planning & Policy Division, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Alessandro Sarretta

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CNR – National Research Council of Italy, ISMAR Institute of Marine Sciences / Arsenale, Castello, Venice, Italy

Joseph Onwona Ansong

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation s.Pro - sustainable projects, GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Bruce Buchanan

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Scotland, Scottish Government, Marine Planning & Policy Division, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Andronikos Kafas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Scotland Science, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mario Caña-Varona

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, The Azores, Portugal

Vincent Onyango

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Eva Papaioannou

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Emiliano Ramieri

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Thetis Spa, Castello, Venice, Italy

Angela Schultz-Zehden

Roles Investigation

Affiliation SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG, Berlin, Germany

Maximilian Felix Schupp

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Vassiliki Vassilopoulou

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HCMR Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Agios Kosmas Helliniko, Greece

Marta Vergílio

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CIBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources/InBIO – Associate Laboratory, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, The Azores, Portugal

Competing Interests

We declare the commercial affiliation of the authors M. Bocci and E. Ramieri (employed by Thetis Spa), J. Ansong (employed by s.Pro—Sustainable Projects) and A. Schultz-Zehden (employed by SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG). We declare that this affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.