[1] FAO - EastMed Project HQ, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Greece, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Androu 1, 112 57 Athens, Greece
[2] General Authority for Fish Resources Development, Egypt
[3] Biology Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
[4] Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Greece
[5] FAO - EastMed Project, Androu 1, 112 57 Athens, Greece
[6] Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
[7] Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
[8] Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Cyprus
[9] Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Ministry of Agriculture, Lebanon
[10] Marine Environment Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Egypt
[11] National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
[12] Division of Forests and Natural Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Lebanon
[13] Institute of Environment, University of Balamand, Lebanon
[14] General of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Gaza Strip and West Bank, Egypt
[15] Dipartimento per Lo Studio del Territorio e delle Sue Risorse, University of Genoa, Italy
[16] National Research Council ISMAR-CNR, Institute of Marine Science, Italy
[17] Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, Greece
[18] Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey