DEFINEIT brought together top scientists from across Europe, from the Barents Sea in the North to the Aegean Sea in the South, and covering science from basic biology over economy to socioeconomy.
- DTU Aqua - National Institute of Aquatic Resources (coordinator)
- CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, UK
- FOI - The Institute of Food and Resource Economics, Denmark
- HCMR - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
- IC - Imperial College London
- IMARES - Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
- IME - Department of Environmental and Business Economics, Denmark
- IMR - Institute of Marine Research, Norway
- MRI - Marine Research Institute, Iceland
- USTAN - The University of St Andrews, Scotland