About the Authors

Francesco Garzon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hatherley Laboratories, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Christian Barrientos

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Candy Bldg, Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Rigoberto Esono Anvene

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Tortugas Marinas de Guinea Ecuatorial (TOMAGE), Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo de las Areas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP), Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Feme Esono Mba

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Tortugas Marinas de Guinea Ecuatorial (TOMAGE), Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo de las Areas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP), Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Alejandro Fallabrino

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Tortugas Marinas de Guinea Ecuatorial (TOMAGE), Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo de las Areas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP), Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Angela Formia

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Tortugas Marinas de Guinea Ecuatorial (TOMAGE), Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo de las Areas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP), Bata, Equatorial Guinea, African Aquatic Conservation Fund, Chillmark, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brendan J. Godley

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Sustainability and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Mary K. Gonder

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

Affiliations Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program, Malabo, Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carolina Martinez Prieto

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Candy Bldg, Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Jesus Mba Ayetebe

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Candy Bldg, Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Kristian Metcalfe

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Aquatic Conservation Fund, Chillmark, Massachusetts, United States of America

David Montgomery

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

Affiliations Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program, Malabo, Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Juan Nsogo

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Tortugas Marinas de Guinea Ecuatorial (TOMAGE), Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo de las Areas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP), Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Juan-Cruz Ondo Nze

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program, Malabo, Bioko Norte, Equatorial Guinea, Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Earl Possardt

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation US National Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of International Conservation, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Erick Ross Salazar

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Candy Bldg, Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Manjula Tiwari

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

Affiliation Ocean Ecology Network, Research Affiliate of NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Matthew J. Witt

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

m.j.witt@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation Hatherley Laboratories, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.