About the Authors

Guuske P. Tiktak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

guusketiktak@gmail.com

Affiliation Ecology & Environment Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Alexandria Gabb

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecology & Environment Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Margarita Brandt

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador, Instituto Biósfera, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador

Fernando R. Diz

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Conservation Program, WWF Fisheries Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Karla Bravo-Vásquez

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plan de Acción Nacional para la Conservación y el Manejo de Tiburones de Ecuador, Viceministerio de Acuacultura y Pesca, Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, Puerto Pesquero Artesanal de San Mateo, Manta, Manabí, Ecuador

César Peñaherrera-Palma

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Aaron Carlisle

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America

Louise M. Melling

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecology & Environment Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Bradley Cain

Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecology & Environment Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

David Megson

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecology & Environment Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Richard Preziosi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Kirsty J. Shaw

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

Affiliation Ecology & Environment Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.