Member	Role	Country
	Nicolas Bailly University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum		Canada
	Frank Muller-Karger University of South Florida, College of Marine Science		United States of America
	Francisco Hernandez Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	Chair	Belgium
	Ward Appeltans UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE	Technical Secretary	Belgium
	Taco De Bruin Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee		Netherlands
	Mirtha Lewis Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos, Centro Nacional Patagónico		Argentina
	Patrick Halpin Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment		United States of America
	Oleksandr Neprokin Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea		Ukraine
	Kevin Mackay National Institute of Water and Atmosphere		New Zealand
	Lenore Bajona		Canada
	Ei Fujioka Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment		United States of America
	Daphnis De Pooter Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources		Australia
	Anton Van de Putte Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen		Belgium
	Christos Arvanitidis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture		Greece
	Stamatina Nikolopoulou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture		Greece
	Dmitry Schigel Global Biodiversity Information Facility		Denmark
	Abby Benson U.S. Geological Survey HQ		United States of America
	Andres Roubicek CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure		Australia
	Sky Bristol United States Geological Survey		United States of America
	Pieter Provoost UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Dave Watts CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure		Australia
	Enrique Montes NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)		United States of America
	Oleksandr Leposhkin Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea		Ukraine
	Karina Vishnyakova Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea		Ukraine