1. National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA.
2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Species Programme, Switzerland.
3. Old Dominion University, USA.
4. Universidad de A Coruña, Spain.
5. AZTI Fundazioa, Spain.
6. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, USA.
7. University of Miami, USA.
8. Conservation International, USA.
9. World Wildlife Fund, USA.
10. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, USA.
11. IUCN Species Survival Commission's Shark Specialist Group, Canada.
12. Simon Fraser University, Canada.
13. Perry Institute of Marine Science, USA.
14. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil.
15. Nelson Resources Consulting, Inc., USA.
16. International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, USA.
17. International Game Fish Association, USA.
18. National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
19. Instituto de Pesca, Brazil.
20. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação de Biodiversidade, Brazil.
21. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Chile.
22. Instituto del Mar del Peru, Peru.
23. National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan.
24. Fisheries Research Institute, Taiwan.
25. Eastern Marine Biology Research Center, Taiwan.
26. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil.
27. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados.
28. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
29. The University of British Columbia, Canada.
30. National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan.
31. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.