European Commission

Manuela Soares

DG Research

Martin Fernandez Diez Picazo

DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Martin Sharman

DG Research

Miguel Nuevo-Alarcon

DG Research

Paulo Paixão

DG Environment

Robert Flies

DG Environment

Tiago Cunha

DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

European Environment Agency

Ivone Pereira Martins

Biodiversity and Ecosystems Group

Austria

Bettina Riedel

Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna

Thomas Wrbka

University of Vienna - Dept. of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology

Belgium

Bruno Danis

SCAR-MarBIN

Estelle Balian

BBPF- RBINS

Jurgen Tack

Belgian Biodiversity Platform / EPBRS secretariat

Rudy Herman

Flemish Government. Department Economy, Science and Innovation

Bulgaria

Snejana Moncheva

Institute of Oceanology, BAS

Croatia

Nenad Jasprica

Institute for Marine and Coastal Research, University of Dubrovnik

Toni Nikolic

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

Cyprus

Iris Charalambidou

Unit of Environmental Studies, University of Nicosia

Denmark

Adolf Kellermann

ICES

Estonia

Tiiu Kull

Estonian University of Life Sciences

Finland

Jari Niemelä

University of Helsinki

Penina Blankett

Ministry of the Environment

France

Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard

DIVERSITAS

Jacques Weber

IFB (Institut Français de la Biodiversité)

Martine Atramentowicz

Ministry for ecology

Simon Tillier

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Yann Maubras

IFB (Institut Français de la Biodiversité)

Germany

Carsten Nesshoever

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Felix Rauschmayer

UFZ-Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Rainer Muessner

German aerospace centre (PT-DLR)

Reinhold Hanel

IFM-GEOMAR

Horst Korn

Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Hungary

Gergely Torda

Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Katalin Török

Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Iceland

Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir

The Icelandic Centre for Research - RANNIS

Ireland

David Lyons

Dept of Environment

Louise Scally

BEC Consultants

Michael Keatinge

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Patricia Comiskey

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Tasman Crowe

University College Dublin

Italy

Adrianna Ianora

Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

University of Pisa

Laura Airoldi

Scienze Ambientali, University of Bologna

Latvia

Anda Ikauniece

Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology

Maris Vitins

State Agency Latvian Fish Resources Agency

Lithuania

Linas Lozys

Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University

Malta

Adriana Vella

University of Malta

Norway

Erik Framstad

NINA

Malin Lund

The Research Council of Norway

Nina Hedlund

The Research Council of Norway

Tore Riise

Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Romania

Simona Mihailescu

Romanian Academy – Institute of Biology

Russia

Vladimir Vershinin

Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology RAS, Ural division

Slovakia

Julius Oszlanyi  

Institute of Landscape Ecology of SAS

Slovenia

Peter Skoberne

 Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning – Slovenia

Spain

Angel Guerra

Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC)

Catherine Jolibert

UAB/ ICTA

Luis Santamaria

Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB)

Sybille van den Hove

Median SCP

Sweden

Jacob Hagberg

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Susanna            Pakkasmaa

Swedish Research Council Formas

The Netherlands

Alexander van Opstal

Ministry Agriculture, Nature Food Quality

Carlo Heip

Netherlands Institute of Ecology

Catharina J.M. Philippart

Royal NIO

Peter M.J. Herman

NIOO

Wouter Los

Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam

UK

Allan Watt

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Andrew Pullin

Bangor University

Jo Myers

DEFRA

Juliette Young

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Melanie Austen

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Michel Kaiser

Bangor University

Philip Weaver

National Oceanography Centre

Steve Hawkins

Marine Biological Association

Pippa Moore

Marine Biological Association

Ukraine

Viktor Gasso

Dnipropetrovsk National University

Portugal

Adelino Canário

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, U. of Algarve

Agnès Marhadour

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research

Ana Maria Seixas

Instituto da Água (INAG)

Ana Rodrigues

Universidade de Aveiro

António Jorge da Silva

Instituto Hidrográfico

Emanuel Gonçalves

Estrutura de Missão para os Assuntos do Mar (EMAM)

Francisco Arenas

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research

Frederic Vandeperre

IMAR - University of the Azores

Gui Menezes

University of the Azores

Henrique Pereira

Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade (ICNB)

Isabel Sousa Pinto

FCUP and Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, U. of Porto

João Carlos Marques

IMAR - Instituto do Mar - University of Coimbra

João Coimbra

Focal Point from the Interministerial Council for Marine Affairs (CIAM)

João Sentieiro

Fundação para Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

José Augusto de Brito

Instituto Hidrográfico

Manuela Nunes

Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade (ICNB)

Margarida Cardoso da Silva

Agencia Portuguesa do Ambiente

Maria José Costa

Instituto de Oceanografia – FCUL

Marina Pereira Silva

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research

Marta Ribeiro

Faculdade de Direito - Universidade do Porto

Miguel Sequeira

Estrutura de Missão para os Assuntos do Mar (EMAM)

Paulo Santos

FCUP and Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, U. of Porto

Ricardo Serrão-Santos

Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, University of the Azores

Rui Pedro Pereira

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research

Ruth Higgins

IMAR - University of the Azores

Stefano Vaselli

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research

Teresa Rafael

Instituto da Água (INAG)