“…Georeferenced occurrence data for P. homarus were obtained from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (http://www.gbif.org) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (http://www.iobis.org). Occurrence data obtained from the published literature were also added (Lavery et al, 2014; Reddy et al., 2014; Singh et al., 2018; Singh et al., 2019). Lobster fishing locations (described by Al‐Breiki et al., 2018; Al Marzouqi, Al‐Nahdi, et al., 2008; Al Marzouqi, Groeneveld, et al., 2008; Amali & Wulan Sari, 2020; Fielding & Mann, 1999; Hariri et al., 2000; Jong, 1993; Mashaei & Rajabipour, 2002, 2003; Priyambodo et al., 2017; Sanders & Bouhlel, 1984; Senevirathna & Munasinghe, 2014; Sultana et al., 2009; Thangaraja et al., 2015) were used to derive additional occurrence data after validation by plotting representative locations on Google Earth (earth.google.com/web/).…”