Universities/Research Stations:

- Bamfield Marine Science Center (BMSC), Bamfield, westcoast of Vancouver Island (joint station of 5 Canadian Universities: UBC, UVic, SFU, UA,..)

- Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands, Washington, USA

- University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada

- UBC Biodiversity Research Centre, Vancouver

- Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

- University of Victoria (UVic), Victoria, Vancouver Island, Centre for Earth and Ocean Research

- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

- University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska, USA

- Alaska Pacific University, Alaska, USA

- University of Alberta, Canada

Private or Gouvernmental Institutions:

- Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, Department of Fisheries and Ocean (DFO), Vancouver Island, Canada

- Institute of Ocean Sciences (DFO), Sidney, Vancouver Island, Canada

- West Vancouver Laboratory (DFO), Vancouver, Canada

- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada

- Marine Ecology Station, Sidney, Vancouver Island, Canada

Networks and Societies:

- Pacific Institutes of Marine Sciences (PIMS)

- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

- Ecological Society of America (ESA)

- North Pacific Marine Science Organisation (PICES)

- North American Benthological Society (NABS) (mainly limnic)

- Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

- CoML: Census of Marine Life

- EPOC: Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference