Assessing indirect biodiversity conservation benefits of fisheries closures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Author Contributions Conceptualization: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Tyler D. Eddy, Jonathan A. D. Fisher. Formal analysis: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz. Funding acquisition: Jonathan A. D. Fisher. Investigation: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz. Methodology: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Jonathan A. D. Fisher. Project administration: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz. Supervision: Jonathan A. D. Fisher. Validation: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Tyler D. Eddy, Jonathan A. D. Fisher. Visualization: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz. Writing – original draft: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz. Writing – review & editing: Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Tyler D. Eddy, Jonathan A. D. Fisher. References 1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climate Change 2022 –Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Working Group II Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 1st ed. Cambridge University Press; 2023. 2. Brondı´zio ES, Settele J, Dı´az S, Ngo HT, editors. The global assessment report of the intergovernmen- tal science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Bonn: Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); 2019. 3. CBD. Decision adopted by the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity. 15/4. Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conference of the parties to the convention on bio- logical diversity; 2022. https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-04-en.pdf 4. DFO. Government of Canada guidance for recognizing marine other effective area-based conservation

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