Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
Nuno Queiroz, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo da Costa, Gonzalo Mucientes & António M. Santos
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, UK
Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Lara L. Sousa, Samantha J. Simpson, Emily J. Southall & David W. Sims
Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Marisa Vedor & António M. Santos
UWA Oceans Institute, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Ana M. M. Sequeira
School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Ana M. M. Sequeira
Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Francisco J. Abascal
Abercrombie and Fish, Port Jefferson Station, NY, USA
Debra L. Abercrombie
Marine Biology and Aquaculture Unit, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Katya Abrantes, Adam Barnett, Richard Fitzpatrick & Marcus Sheaves
Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
David Acuña-Marrero
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, Brazil
André S. Afonso, Natalia P. A. Bezerra, Fábio H. V. Hazin, Fernanda O. Lana, Bruno C. L. Macena & Paulo Travassos
MARE, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Peniche, Portugal
André S. Afonso
MARE, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Cascais, Portugal
Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes & Frederic Vandeperre
Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes, Bruno C. L. Macena & Frederic Vandeperre
Okeanos – Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes & Frederic Vandeperre
Department of Environmental Affairs, Oceans and Coasts Research, Cape Town, South Africa
Darrell Anders, Michael A. Meÿer, Sarika Singh & Laurenne B. Snyders
Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines
Gonzalo Araujo
Fins Attached Marine Research and Conservation, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Randall Arauz
Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas PRETOMA, San José, Costa Rica
Randall Arauz
MigraMar, Olema, CA, USA
Randall Arauz, Sandra Bessudo Lion, Eduardo Espinoza, Alex R. Hearn, Mauricio Hoyos, James T. Ketchum, A. Peter Klimley, Cesar Peñaherrera-Palma, George Shillinger & German Soler
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (IRD, Ifremer, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS), Sète, France
Pascal Bach, Antonin V. Blaison, Laurent Dagorn, John D. Filmalter, Fabien Forget, Francois Poisson, Marc Soria & Mariana T. Tolotti
Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, USA
Diego Bernal & Heather Marshall
Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Michael L. Berumen, Jesse E. M. Cochran & Carlos M. Duarte
Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos, Bogota, Colombia
Sandra Bessudo Lion, Felipe Ladino, Lina Maria Quintero & German Soler
Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Barbara A. Block, Taylor K. Chapple, George Shillinger & Timothy D. White
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA
Mark E. Bond, Demian D. Chapman & Yannis P. Papastamatiou
Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
Ramon Bonfil
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Russell W. Bradford & Barry D. Bruce
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Camrin D. Braun
Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Camrin D. Braun & Simon R. Thorrold
Shark Research and Conservation Program, Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Edward J. Brooks, Annabelle Brooks & Sean Williams
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Annabelle Brooks
South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, Stanley, Falkland Islands
Judith Brown
Department of Biological Sciences, The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, USA
Michael E. Byrne, Mahmood Shivji, Jeremy J. Vaudo & Bradley M. Wetherbee
School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Michael E. Byrne
Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Steven E. Campana
School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, USA
Aaron B. Carlisle & Gregory B. Skomal
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, MA, USA
John Chisholm
Marine Research Facility, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Christopher R. Clarke & James S. E. Lea
PSL, Labex CORAIL, CRIOBE USR3278 EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Papetoai, French Polynesia
Eric G. Clua
Agence de Recherche pour la Biodiversité à la Réunion (ARBRE), Réunion, Marseille, France
Estelle C. Crochelet
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 228 ESPACE-DEV, Réunion, Marseille, France
Estelle C. Crochelet
Save Our Seas Foundation–D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC), Geneva, Switzerland
Ryan Daly & Clare A. Keating Daly
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Grahamstown, South Africa
Ryan Daly, John D. Filmalter, Enrico Gennari & Alison A. Kock
Department of Fisheries Evaluation, Fisheries Research Division, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Valparaíso, Chile
Daniel Devia Cortés
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Thomas K. Doyle & Luke Harman
MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Thomas K. Doyle
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Michael Drew, Matthew Heard & Charlie Huveneers
Department of Conservation, Auckland, New Zealand
Clinton A. J. Duffy
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Geological Sciences, UKZN, Durban, South Africa
Thor Erikson
Direccion Parque Nacional Galapagos, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador
Eduardo Espinoza
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (UWA), Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Luciana C. Ferreira, Mark G. Meekan & Michele Thums
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Francesco Ferretti
OCEARCH, Park City, UT, USA
G. Chris Fischer
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mark Fowler, Warren Joyce & Anna MacDonnell
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
Malcolm P. Francis & Warrick S. Lyon
Beneath the Waves, Herndon, VA, USA
Austin J. Gallagher
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Austin J. Gallagher, Neil Hammerschlag & Emily R. Nelson
Oceans Research Institute, Mossel Bay, South Africa
Enrico Gennari
Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Enrico Gennari & Alison Towner
SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Simon D. Goldsworthy & Paul J. Rogers
Zoological Society of London, London, UK
Matthew J. Gollock & Fiona Llewellyn
Galapagos Whale Shark Project, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador
Jonathan R. Green
Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University School of Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Johan A. Gustafson
Saving the Blue, Cooper City, FL, USA
Tristan L. Guttridge
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
Hector M. Guzman
Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Neil Hammerschlag
Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
Alex R. Hearn
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Alex R. Hearn
Blue Water Marine Research, Tutukaka, New Zealand
John C. Holdsworth
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Bonnie J. Holmes
Microwave Telemetry, Columbia, MD, USA
Lucy A. Howey & Lance K. B. Jordan
Pelagios-Kakunja, La Paz, Mexico
Mauricio Hoyos & James T. Ketchum
Mote Marine Laboratory, Center for Shark Research, Sarasota, FL, USA
Robert E. Hueter, John J. Morris & John P. Tyminski
Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Nigel E. Hussey
Cape Research and Diver Development, Simon’s Town, South Africa
Dylan T. Irion
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
David M. P. Jacoby
Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Oliver J. D. Jewell
Dyer Island Conservation Trust, Western Cape, South Africa
Oliver J. D. Jewell & Alison Towner
Blue Wilderness Research Unit, Scottburgh, South Africa
Ryan Johnson
University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
A. Peter Klimley
Cape Research Centre, South African National Parks, Steenberg, South Africa
Alison A. Kock
Shark Spotters, Fish Hoek, South Africa
Alison A. Kock
Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Alison A. Kock
Western Cape Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Services, Elsenburg, South Africa
Pieter Koen
Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, Brazil
Fernanda O. Lana
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
James S. E. Lea
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Chatham, MA, USA
Heather Marshall
Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Jaime D. McAllister, Jayson M. Semmens, German Soler & Kilian M. Stehfest
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Manabi, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Cesar Peñaherrera-Palma
Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, USA
Simon J. Pierce & Christoph A. Rohner
Conservation and Fisheries Department, Ascension Island Government, Georgetown, Ascension Island, UK
Andrew J. Richardson
Marine Conservation Society Seychelles, Victoria, Seychelles
David R. L. Rowat
CORDIO, East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
Melita Samoilys
Upwell, Monterey, CA, USA
George Shillinger
Department of Zoology and Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Malcolm J. Smale
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
Sam B. Weber
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Bradley M. Wetherbee
Department of Oceanography and Environment, Fisheries Research Division, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Valparaíso, Chile
Patricia M. Zárate
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Robert Harcourt
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Graeme C. Hays
AZTI – BRTA, Pasaia, Spain
Xabier Irigoien
IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
Xabier Irigoien
Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Victor M. Eguiluz
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney, UK
Lara L. Sousa
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Samantha J. Simpson & David W. Sims
Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
David W. Sims
N.Q. and D.W.S. planned the data analysis. N.Q. led the data analysis with contributions from M.V., A.M.M.S. and D.W.S. N.E.H. contributed analysis tools. A.M.M.S. undertook linear-regression modelling. D.W.S. led the manuscript writing with contributions from N.Q., N.E.H., A.M.M.S and all authors. Six of the original authors were not included in the Reply authorship; two authors retired from science and the remaining four, although supportive of our Reply, declined to join the authorship due to potential conflicts of interest with the authors of the Comment and/or their institutions.
