diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Version: 2.0.1.9001
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Anna", "Krystalli", , "annakrystalli@googlemail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2378-4915")),
-    person("Salvador", "Fernández-Bejarano", , "salvador.fernandez@vliz.be", role = c("ctb", "cre"),
+    person("Salvador", "Fernández-Bejarano", , "salvador.fernandez@vliz.be", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0535-7677")),
     person("Thomas J", "Webb", , "t.j.webb@sheffield.ac.uk", role = "ctb"),
     person("European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Biology project", "European Commission's Directorate - General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)", , "bio@emodnet.eu", role = "cph"),