Tunabio: biological traits of tropical tuna and bycatch species caught by purse seine fisheries in the Western Indian and Eastern Central Atlantic Oceans

We deeply thank all the persons from Amexpert, CRO, IEO, SFA and IRD who contributed in the collection and/or management of the data included in Tunabio: Adeline M, Agnissan AR, Ahissi V, Albaret JJ, Amatcha AH, Angui KJP, Areso JJ, Ariz J, Assan C, Assan FN, Bach P, Ban Y, Bard FX, Barrigah S, Bayayoko I, Beugre D, Boniface P, Chavance P, Chérel Y, Coulibaly D, Damiano A, de Molina AD, Dewals P, Doffou YC, Edoukou A, Elisabeth M, Emerey C, Esparon J, Fonteneau A, Gaertner D, Gbeazare DA, Gnadou Z, Hallier JP, Hassani S, Hervé A, Hoareau L, Ibanez L, Irié YD., Karpinski B, Komenan K, Kouadio D, Kouakou K, Laporte T, Lesage Lesperance M, Marsac F, Mathiot E, Médieu A, Ménard F, N'Da K, N'Guessan Y, Oussou KH, Pernak M, Pianet R, Poris D, Potier M, Rose Ra, Rose Rb, Roucou P, Stephen A, Stéquert B, Zudaire I. The sampling was done with the help of the ship-owners (CFTO, Via Ocean and SAPMER) and the support of producer organisation ORTHONGEL. We also thank the IOT Ltd., SCODI and "Pêche et Froid" canneries for giving access to their production chains. Finally, we thank the IEO and SFA for access to the logbooks of their fleet. The data collected through the Data Collection Framework were funded by both IRD and the European Union under EMFF.