Table 2.

Factors and explanatory variables used in the general logistic regression model.

Factors	Variables	Variables type	Abbreviation
Dependent variable	Absence/presence Coryphaena bycatches per set	Binary	CO
Technical characteristics of the fishery	Number of hooks	Quantitative	NH
	Distance between both extremes of the longline	Quantitative	DL
	Diurnal or nocturnal setting	Binary	DN
	Setting hours	Categorical
	Drifting surface longliners targeting bluefin tuna	Binary	LLJAP
	Traditional longliners targeting swordfish	Binary	LLHB
	American longliners targeting swordfish	Binary	LLAM
	Drifting surface longliners targeting albacore	Binary	LLALB
	Drifting semipelagic longliners targeting swordfish	Binary	LLSP
	Demersal longliners targeting swordfish	Binary	LLPB
Geographical location	Latitude where the setting started	Quantitative	LATSS
	Longitude where the setting started	Quantitative	LONGSS
	Latitude where the setting finished	Quantitative	LATFS
	Longitude where the setting finished	Quantitative	LONGFS
	Sets over continental shelf	Binary	SCS
Seasonality (phenology)	January	Binary	JA
	February	Binary	F
	March	Binary	MR
	April	Binary	AP
	May	Binary	MY
	June	Binary	JN
	July	Binary	JL
	August	Binary	AU
	September	Binary	S
	October	Binary	O
	November	Binary	N
	December	Binary	D