Hirosaki University: Faculty of Science and Technology
Hiroshima National College of Maritime Technology:
Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute (HNF): Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Hokkaido University: Division of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Hokkaido University: Faculty of Fisheries
Japan Hydrographic Association: Marine Information Research Center
Kagoshima University: Faculty of Fisheries.
Nagasaki University: Faculty of Fisheries
National Fisheries University: University concerned with training and research in fisheries science, technology and engineering.
National Maritime Research Institute: Various research projects concerning maritime transport safety and preservation of maritime environment.
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries: Research directed towards the establishment of healthy relationship between fisheries and oceanic ecosystems.
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science: fisheries resources and oceanography research in the central Pacific coast of Japan
Toba National College of Maritime Technology:
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
Tokai University: School of Marine Science and Technology.
Toyama National College of Maritime Technology:
University of Tokyo: Ocean Research Institute