Institut Français de Recherche et Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER (France)
National Institute for Marine Sciences and Technologies, INSTM (Tunisia)
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa“, NIMRD (Romania)
Institute of Oceanology – BulgarianAcademy of Sciences, IO-BAS (Bulgaria)
Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, VNIRO (Russian Federation)
Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, YugNIRO (Ukraine)
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus (Cyprus)
Water Ecology and Fisheries Research Institute, WEFRI (Georgia)