The Station Biologique de Roscoff is a French marine biology and oceanography research and teaching centre, founded in 1872.

AMURE-UMR is a joint research unit (unité mixte de recherche: UMR) of the Maritime Economics Department of IFREMER and the Centre for Maritime Law and Economics of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale.

SIAGM was created in 1964 to develop tourism in the Gulf of Morbihan.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory undertakes leading international research to respond to societal needs and to promote stewardship of the world ocean.

The Marine Biological Association (MBA) of the UK is a charitable research organisation working to ‘promote scientific research into all aspects of life in the sea, including the environment on which it depends, and to disseminate to the public the knowledge gained’.

The Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea) is a French oceanographic institution, with 26 sites around France and its territorial waters.

Dorset County Council is the local elected administrative body governing the county, and hosts the Dorset Coast Forum (DCF).

Devon County Council is the local elected administrative body governing the county, and hosts the Devon Maritime Forum which is an independent coastal partnership with more than 750 marine stakeholders around the county of Devon.

Cornwall Council is a unitary authority, created on 1 April 2009 by merging Cornwall County Council and the six borough and district councils in Cornwall.

Plymouth University’s Marine Institute is one of the largest in Europe, and has a broad range of expertise in marine research and education.