About the Authors

Frederic Vandeperre

vandeperre@uac.pt

Affiliations Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Portugal, LARSyS Associated Laboratory, Lisboa, Portugal

Alexandre Aires-da-Silva

Affiliation Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jorge Fontes

Affiliations Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Portugal, LARSyS Associated Laboratory, Lisboa, Portugal

Marco Santos

Affiliations Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Portugal, LARSyS Associated Laboratory, Lisboa, Portugal

Ricardo Serrão Santos

Affiliations Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Portugal, LARSyS Associated Laboratory, Lisboa, Portugal

Pedro Afonso

Affiliations Centre of IMAR of the University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, Horta, Portugal, LARSyS Associated Laboratory, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FV PA JF MS. Performed the experiments: FV PA JF MS. Analyzed the data: FV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FV PA RSS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FV PA JF AA.