| GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel | Germany |  |
| Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI) | Germany |  |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung | Germany |  |
| Bielefeld University | Germany |  |
| Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar & Marine Research (AWI) | Germany |  |
| Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH | Germany |  |
| Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) | Germany |  |
| MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Science, University | Germany |  |
| Walther Schücking Institute for International Law, Kiel University | Germany |  |
| NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research | Netherlands |  |
| Utrecht University | Netherlands |  |
| Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |  |
| Ghent University | Belgium |  |
| Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) | Belgium |  |
| DNVGL | Norway |  |
| Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) | Norway |  |
| Uni Research | Norway |  |
| UNEP GRID-Arendal | Norway |  |
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Norway | |
| Universidade de Aveiro (CESAM) | Portugal |  |
| CIIMAR LA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine & Environmental Research | Portugal |  |
| CIMA - Universidade do Algarve | Portugal |  |
| IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera | Portugal |  |
| Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) | Portugal |  |
| Ifremer | France |  |
| Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM) | Italy |  |
| University of Southampton | United Kingdom |  |
| University of Łódź | Poland |  |
| International Seabed Authority (ISA) | Jamaica |  |
| Centre for applied research at NHH | Norway |  |
