the Management Committee

• Patrick Sorgeloos
  
  • Professor of aquaculture
  • Director of the Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center (Ghent University, Belgium)
• Anastasios Eleftheriou
  
  • Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Crete, Greece.
  • Founder and previous Director the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC)
• Hiroshi Fushimi
  • Professor of the Laboratory of Aquaculture & Stock Enhancement, Fukuyama University
• Tim Flegel
  
  • Head of the Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Centex Shrimp) at the Faculty of Science, Mahidol university, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Director of the Shrimp Biotechnology Program for the Thai National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
• Kidchakan Supamattaya
  
  • Director of Aquatic Animal Health Research Center (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)

The Steering Committee:

• James Muir
  • Professor of Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Development
  • Assistant Director, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland
  • Manager DFID Aquaculture and Fish Genetics Research Programme
• Courtney Hough
  • General Secretary of the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)
• Maria Teresa Dinis
  • Portugal Member of the Directive Committee of the Center of Marine Sciences (CCMAR)
• Michael New
  • Post-President of the European Aquaculture Society
  • Chairman of Aquaculture without Frontiers 
• Tang QI-SHENG
  • Professor and Director General of Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences(Qingdao, P.R.China)
• Professor Mohamed Shariff
  • Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Jurgenne Primavera
  • Senior Scientist of the Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC AQD, The Philippines)
• Pedro B. Bueno
  • Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)

Platform members

• Universities & Research Institutes (alphabetically per country) 
  1. Ghent University, Belgium
  2. Yellow Sea Fisheries Institute, Qingdao, China
  3. Ocean University, Qingdao, China
  4. Shangai University of Fisheries, China
  5. Wuhan University, China
  6. Institute of Oceanology, Qingdao, China
  7. Salt Research Institute, Tanggu, China
  8. Aarhus University, Denmark
  9. University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  10. IFREMER, France
  11. INRA, France
  12. Kiel University, Germany
  13. Institute of Marine Biology, Crete, Greece
  14. Thessaloniki University, Greece
  15. Brackishwater Aquaculture Development Center, Jepara, Indonesia
  16. Fukuyama University, Japan
  17. Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan
  18. Kagoshima University, Japan
  19. Kinki University, Japan
  20. Wageningen University, the Netherlands
  21. University of the Algarve, Portugal
  22. University Pertanian Malaysia
  23. Trondheim University, Norway
  24. Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, Spain
  25. University of Stockholm, Sweden
  26. Mahidol University, Thailand
  27. Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
  28. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  29. Kasetsart University, Thailand
  30. National University, Singapore
  31. University of Stirling, UK
  32. University of Wales, Bangor & Swansea, UK
  33. Can Tho University, Vietnam
  34. Aquaculture Research Institutes RIA1, RIA2 & RIA3, Vietnam
  35. Fisheries University of Nha Trang, Vietnam
      
• Governmental and Inter-Governmental organizations
  1. European Commission (EC) 
  2. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN
  3. Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
  4. Department of Fisheries DOF, Thailand
  5. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources BFAR, Philippines
  6. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center SEAFDEC, Philippines
  7. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  8. China Fisheries Society (CFS)
  9. Agriculture & Veterinary Authority, Singapore
  10. Department for International Development, UK)
  11. Dept Director of Fisheries, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, Brunei Darussalam
      
• Non-Governmental organizations
  1. Federation of European Aquaculture Producers FEAP
  2. European Aquaculture Society EAS
  3. AquaTT, Dublin, Ireland (Aquaculture Technology Transfer)
  4. Asian Fisheries Society (AFS)
  5. World Wild Life Fund (WWF)
  6. Thai Marine Shrimp Farmers Association
  7. International Foundation for Science IFS
  8. The WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM)
  9. Network of Aquaculture in Eastern Europe, Hungary (NACEE)
  10. Vietnamese Fisheries & Aquaculture Institutes Network, Vietnam (VIFINET) 
      
• Private companies
  1. INVE Aquaculture SA, Belgium and INVE Asia Ltd, Thailand
  2. NUTRECO bv, the Netherlands
  3. Akvaplan-niva, Athens, Greece
  4. Selonda Fisheries, Greece
  5. Nireus Chios Aquaculture SA, Greece
  6. Maricultura di Rosignano Solvay MRS, Italy
  7. Shrimp Culture Research and Development Co , Ltd , Thailand
  8. Intervet, The Netherlands
  9. Intervet Singapore
  10. Negros Prawn Producers & Marketing Cooperativ, Philippines