1. Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences Florida International University North Miami Florida USA
2. Exuma Sound Ecosystem Research Project Cape Eleuthera Institute Rock Sound Eleuthera The Bahamas
3. School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USA
4. Centro de Estudios del Mar y Acuicultura Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala
5. Fundación Mundo Azul Villa Canales Guatemala
6. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Ciudad de México Mexico
7. División de Desarrollo Sostenible Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo Chetumal Quintana Roo Mexico
8. Fundación Internacional para la Naturaleza y la Sustentabilidad (FINS) Chetumal Quintana Roo Mexico
9. Dirección de Regulaciones Pesqueras y Ciencia Ministerio de la Industria Alimentaria Havana Cuba
10. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas de la Universidad de la Habana Havana Cuba
11. NOAA Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center Panama City Florida USA
12. Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade (PPGSis) Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Fortaleza Brazil
13. Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Environmental Science State University of New York at Cobleskill Cobleskill New York USA
14. IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia Canada
15. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Resource Management and Sustainability, Marine Conservation Targets Vancouver British Columbia Canada
16. Georgia Aquarium Atlanta Georgia USA
17. Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
18. Department of Fisheries and Oceans (retired) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre St John's Newfoundland Canada
19. Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin Northern Territory Australia
20. Museo de Historia Natural La Salle (MHNLS) Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales Caracas Venezuela
21. Wildlife Conservation Society – WCS Colombia Cali Colombia
22. Fundación Colombiana para la Investigación y Conservación de Tiburones y Rayas – SQUALUS Cali Colombia
23. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Balboa Republic of Panama
24. Department of Biology McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada
25. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR) Universidad de Costa Rica San José Costa Rica
26. Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas (CIEMIC) Universidad de Costa Rica San José Costa Rica
27. Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia Canada
28. Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg Virginia USA
29. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) Lerma Campeche Mexico
30. IUCN SSC Global Center for Species Survival, Indianapolis Zoo Indianapolis Indiana USA
31. College of Science and Engineering James Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
32. Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow UK
33. Sustainable Caribbean Bridgetown Barbados