Diane Esson^1,2, Jan Dierking³, Brennan Phillips⁴, Julie Nicola Oswald⁵, Mabel Zhang⁶, Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan⁷, Marlene Pinheiro⁸, Isabela Acenas⁹, Thomas Rost¹⁰, Rúben Freitas¹¹, Marion Prieler¹², Joppe Dubbeld¹³, Marko Radeta¹¹, Sónia Vaz Semedo¹⁴, Hanumant Singh¹⁵, Vaibhav Kumar¹⁶, Filippo Varini¹⁷, Pedro De La Torre¹⁸, Breanna Motsenbocker¹⁹, Dinarte Vieira¹¹, João Pestana¹¹, Filipe Alves¹¹, João Gama Monteiro²⁰ and João Canning-Clode²⁰, (1)MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARDITI), Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, (2)Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Madeira, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Kiel, Germany, (4)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, (5)Scottish Oceans Institute, Sea Mammal Research Unit, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom, St. Andrews, United Kingdom, (6)Anduril Industries, Maritime US Engineering Department, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Boston, United States, (7)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Boston, United States, (8)CIIMAR/CIMAR-LA – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal, Porto, Portugal, (9)OceanHub Africa; Cape Town, South Africa and San Francisco, California, San Francisco, United States, (10)Funchal, Portugal, (11)MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARDITI), Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal; Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Madeira, Fu, Funchal, Portugal, (12)Morges, Switzerland, (13)University Côte d’Azur, MSc Marres Ocean Science, Conservation & Innovation – Track: Blue Managers, Nice, France, Nice, France, (14)University of Cape Verde, Praia, Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde, (15)Northeastern University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston, United States, (16)University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Vestfold, Norway, Vestfold, Norway, (17)OceanX, New York, NY, USA, New York, United States, (18)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, (19)Mots Marine LLC, Kingston, United States, (20)MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre / ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI) / Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Madeira, Portugal, Funchal, Portugal