About the Authors

Emiliano García-Rodríguez

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

egarcmal10@gmail.com (EGR); rimajabado@hotmail.com (RWJ)

Affiliations Department of Biological Oceanography, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Adriana Gonzalez-Pestana

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Carrera de Biología Marina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru

Ryan Charles

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Marta D. Palacios

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Mobula Conservation, La Paz, Mexico

Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy, IUCN Joint Species Survival Commission (SSC)/World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, Gland, Switzerland

Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Carrera de Biología Marina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ProDelphinus, Lima, Peru

Cristopher G. Avalos-Castillo

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Centro de Estudios del Mar y Acuicultura, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala

Elpis J. Chávez

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro Rescate de Especies Marinas Amenazadas, San José, Costa Rica, MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America

Mario Espinoza

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, 11501 San José, Costa Rica

Ana Hacohen-Domené

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, GuatemalaGuatemala

Alex R. Hearn

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

Felipe Galván-Magaña

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

James T. Ketchum

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America, Pelagios Kakunjá, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

Frida Lara-Lizardi

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America, ORGCAS, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Jorge Manuel Morales-Saldaña

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama,, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Naití Morales Serrano

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Valparaíso, Chile

Paola A. Mejía-Falla

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wildlife Conservation Society, Colombia, Cali, Colombia

Andrés F. Navia

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Fundación colombiana para la investigación y conservación de tiburones y rayas, Cali, Colombia

César R. Peñaherrera-Palma

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MigraMar, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America

Francisco Polanco-Vásquez

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala Program, Flores, Petén, Guatemala, Centro de Estudios del Mar y Acuicultura, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Ciudad Universitaria, Zona 12, Guatemala

Yehudi Rodríguez-Arriatti

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shark Defenders, Panama City, Panama

Luz E. Saldaña-Ruiz

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Oceanography, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación (SECIHTI), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Oceanography, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ximena Velez-Zuazo

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Smithsonian National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Rima W. Jabado

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

egarcmal10@gmail.com (EGR); rimajabado@hotmail.com (RWJ)

Affiliations International Union for Conservation of Nature Species (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia, Elasmo Project, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.