“…An appropriate spatiotemporal management strategy involves understanding the spatial distribution of both target and bycatch species and the environmental factors forcing those distributions (Cruz, Machete, Menezes, Rogan, & Silva, ; Druon, Fromentin, Aulanier, & Heikkonen, ; Fromentin & Powers, ; Roe et al, ; Williams, Kirby, & Beverly, ). Previous studies have linked ABFT distribution with environmental features within feeding (Druon et al, ; Royer, Fromentin, & Gaspar, ) and spawning grounds in both the Mediterranean Sea (Alemany et al, ; Druon et al, ; Muhling et al, ; Reglero, Balbín, et al, ) and the GoM (Muhling, Lamkin, & Roffer, ; Muhling et al, ; Teo & Block, ; Teo, Boustany, Block, & a., ). Research in the GoM has focused mainly on US waters, leaving a significant information gap concerning the Mexican part of the Gulf.…”