About the Authors

Rachel T. Graham

rgraham@wcs.org

Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Society, Gulf and Caribbean Sharks and Rays Program, Punta Gorda, Belize, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Matthew J. Witt

Affiliation Environmental and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Dan W. Castellanos

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Punta Gorda, Belize

Francisco Remolina

Affiliation Reserva de la Biosfera Tiburón Ballena y Parque Nacional Isla Contoy, Domino Project, National Commission of Protected Areas, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Sara Maxwell

Affiliations Marine Conservation Institute, Glen Ellen California, United States of America, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Brendan J. Godley

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Lucy A. Hawkes

Affiliations Environmental and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Brambell Laboratories, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RTG. Performed the experiments: RTG DWC FR. Analyzed the data: RTG MJW SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RTG FR BJG. Wrote the paper: RTG MJW LAH SM.