Currently 112 researchers from 21 countries participate in FRESH. The list of participants with the WG adscription and affiliation is:
| Full name | Country | MC | WG1 | WG2 | WG3 | Laboratory |
| Adrian Rijnsdorp | Netherlands | X | X | X | Institute for Marine Resources & Ecological Studies | |
| Alan Ronan Baudron | UK | X | University of Aberdeen | |||
| Alexandra Silva | Portugal | X | X | IPIMAR | ||
| Alexandre Alonso | Spain | X | X | Institute of Marine Research-CSIC | ||
| Ana María Costa | Portugal | X | X | IPIMAR | ||
| Anders Nisling | Sweden | X | Gotland University | |||
| Anders Thorsen | Norway | X | Institute of Marine Research | |||
| Andrés Uriarte | Spain | X | X | AZTI Foundation | ||
| Antonio Medina | Spain | X | University of Cadiz | |||
| Antonio Vázquez | Spain | X | Institute of Marine Research-CSIC | |||
| Anu Albert | Estonia | X | X | Estonian Marine Institute | ||
| Arne Johannessen | Norway | X | University of Bergen | |||
| Athanassios Machias | Greece | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete Subdivision | |||
| Audrey Geffen | Norway | X | University of Bergen | |||
| Axel Temming | Germany | X | University of Hamburg | |||
| Barbara Pereira | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Barbara Zorica | Croatia | X | Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries | |||
| Bella Japoshvili | Georgia | X | Ilia Chavchavadze State University | |||
| Brian MacKenzie | Denmark | X | X | National Institute of Aquatic Resources | ||
| Bromley Peter | UK | X | CEFAS | |||
| Catriona Clemmensen | Germany | X | Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences | |||
| Christian Fauvel | France | IFREMER | ||||
| Cindy van Damme | Netherlands | X | X | Institute for Marine Resources & Ecological Studies | ||
| Coby Needle | UK | X | Fisheries Research Services- Marine Laboratory | |||
| Costas Papaconstantinou | Greece | X | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens | ||
| Cristina Nunes | Portugal | X | X | IPIMAR | ||
| Dolores Garabana | Spain | X | Spanish Institute of Oceanography | |||
| Dorleta García | Spain | X | AZTI Foundation | |||
| Edward Trippel | Canada | X | DFO | |||
| Eider Andonegui | Spain | X | Azti Foundation | |||
| Ernesto Jardim | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Eudoxia Schismenou | Greece | X | University of Crete, Department of Biology | |||
| Eulalia Delgado | Spain | X | University of Girona | |||
| Evangelos Tzanatos | Greece | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete Subdivision | |||
| Fabian Mollet | Netherlands | X | X | Institute for Marine Resources & Ecological Studies | ||
| Finlay Scott | UK | X | CEFAS | |||
| Fran Saborido-Rey | Spain | X | X | X | X | Institute of Marine Research-CSIC |
| Francesca Vitale | Sweden | |||||
| George Tserpes | Greece | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete Subdivision | |||
| Gerd Kraus | Germany | X | X | X | Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences | |
| Gorenka Sinovcic | Croatia | X | Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries | |||
| Graham Pilling | UK | X | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | |||
| Gudrun Marteinsdottir | Iceland | X | Marine Research institute | |||
| Hans Gerritsen | Ireland | X | Marine Institute | |||
| Heli Shpilev | Estonia | X | Estonian Marine Institute | |||
| Hilario Murua | Spain | X | X | X | AZTI Foundation | |
| Holger Haslob | Germany | X | X | Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences | ||
| Iago Mosqueira | Spain | X | CEFAS | |||
| Inger-Britt Falk-Petersen | Norway | X | Norwegian College of Fishery Science | |||
| Iñaki Quincoces | Spain | X | AZTI Foundation | |||
| James Kennedy | Norway | X | University of Bergen | |||
| Jean-Francois Rubin | Switzerland | X | ||||
| Jean-Henri Hecq | Belgium | X | Université de Liège | |||
| Joanne Morgan | Canada | X | X | DFO | ||
| Joao Pereira | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Jon-Egil Skjæraasen | Norway | X | University of Bergen | |||
| Jonna Tomkiewicz | Denmark | X | X | National Institute of Aquatic Resources | ||
| Katerina Anastasopoulou | Greece | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens | |||
| Koester Fritz | Denmark | X | National Institute of Aquatic Resources | |||
| Konstantinos Stergiou | Greece | X | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Biology | |||
| Kostas Ganias | Greece | X | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Biology | |||
| Kvamme Cecilie | Norway | X | Institute of Marine Research | |||
| Leire Ibaibarriaga | Spain | X | AZTI Foundation | |||
| Leonel Serrano Gordo | Portugal | X | Lisbon University | |||
| Loretta O’Brien | USA | X | NOAA | |||
| Lourdes Aragon | Spain | X | University of Cadiz | |||
| Mª Angeles Bruzon | Spain | X | IFAPA | |||
| María Korta | Spain | X | X | AZTI Foundation | ||
| Maria Manuel Angelico | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Maria Manuel Martins | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| María Santos | Spain | X | AZTI Foundation | |||
| María Soto | Spain | X | Spanish Institute of Oceanography | |||
| Marianna Giannoulaki | Greece | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete Subdivision | |||
| Marie Jacobsson | Sweden | |||||
| Marie Storr-Paulsen | Denmark | X | National Institute of Aquatic Resources | |||
| Mark Dickey-Collas | Netherlands | X | X | X | Institute for Marine Resources & Ecological Studies | |
| Markus Vetemaa | Estonia | X | Estonian Marine Institute | |||
| Marta Muñoz | Spain | X | University of Girona | |||
| Merete Fonn | Norway | X | Institute of Marine Research | |||
| Miguel Bernal | Spain | X | X | Spanish Institute of Oceanography | ||
| Miquel Palmer | Spain | X | IMEDEA-CSIC | |||
| Natasha Yaragina | Russia | X | PINRO | |||
| Olav S. Kjesbu | Norway | X | X | Institute of Marine Research | ||
| Patricia Gonçalves | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Paul de Bruyn | Spain | X | AZTI Foundation | |||
| Paul Spencer | USA | X | NOAA | |||
| Pauline King | Ireland | X | Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | |||
| Peter Witthames | UK | X | X | CEFAS | ||
| Peter Wright | UK | X | Fisheries Research Services- Marine Laboratory | |||
| Reinier Hille Ris Lambers | Netherlands | X | X | Institute for Marine Resources & Ecological Studies | ||
| Ricardo Alpoim | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Richard Hillary | UK | X | ||||
| Richard McBride | USA | X | NOAA | |||
| Richard Nash | Norway | X | X | Institute of Marine Research | ||
| Rick Rideout | Canada | X | DFO | |||
| Rosario Dominguez | Spain | X | X | Institute of Marine Research-CSIC | ||
| Ruediger Voss | Germany | X | Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences | |||
| Santiago Cerviño | Spain | X | X | Spanish Institute of Oceanography | ||
| Sarah Kraak | Ireland | X | Marine Institute | |||
| Sonia Mehault | Spain | X | Spanish Institute of Oceanography | |||
| Sonia Sánchez | Spain | X | AZTI Foundation | |||
| Stelios Katsanevakis | Greece | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens | |||
| Stig Skreslet | Norway | X | Bodø University College | |||
| Stylianos Somarakis | Greece | X | X | X | Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete Subdivision | |
| Susana Siborro | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Tara Marshall | UK | X | X | University of Aberdeen | ||
| Thomas Brunel | Netherlands | X | X | Institute for Marine Resources & Ecological Studies | ||
| Valentin Trujillo | Spain | X | Spanish Institute of Oceanography | |||
| Vera Sequeira | Portugal | X | Lisbon University | |||
| Walter Basilone | Italy | X | Istituto di Ricerca sulle Risorse Marine el’Ambiente | |||
| Yorgos Stratoudakis | Portugal | X | IPIMAR | |||
| Yvan Lambert | Canada | X | X | X | DFO |