Names and institutional affiliations of all those who have contributed to the NSBP are listed below, in alphabetical order; for the day-to-day management, the following Steering Group was created in order to make decisions on behalf of all data contributors and other members of the ICES Study Group on the North Sea Benthos Project 2000: H Rees, E Vanden Berghe, H Rumohr, S Cochrane, J Craeymeersch, G Duineveld, I Kroncke

• Cochrane, S.: Akvaplan-NIVA, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296 Troms�, Norway
• Craeymeersch, J.: RIVO, PO Box 77, Nl-4400 AB Yerseke
• Degraer, S.: University of Gent, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent
• Desroy, N.: Station Marine de Wimereux, 28, Avenue Foch, B.P. 80, 62930 Wimereux, France
• Dewarumez, J. M.: Station Marine de Wimereux, 28, Avenue Foch, B.P. 80, 62930 Wimereux, France
• Duineveld, G.: NIOZ, PO Box 59, Nl-1970 AB Den Burg-Texel
• Eggleton, J.: CEFAS, Burnham Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CMO 8HA, UK
• Essink, K.: Rijkswaterstaat/RIKZ, PO Box 207, 9750 AE Haren, The Netherlands;
• Hillewaert, H.: Sea Fisheries Department, Ankerstraat 1, B-8400 Oostende
• Kröncke, I.: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Schleusenstrasse 39a, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven
• Lavaleye, M.S.S.: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Postbox 59, 1790AB Den Burg
• de Kluijver, M.: ISP.ETI, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 49766, NL-1090 GT Amsterdam
• Nehmer, P.: AWI, PO Box, D-27515 Bremerhaven
• Newell, R.: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd., 24a, Monmouth Place, Bath BA1 2AY, UK
• Oug, E.: Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Branch Office South, Televeien 3, N-4879 Grimstad Norway
• Rachor, E.: AWI, PO Box, D-27515 Bremerhaven
• Rees, H.: CEFAS, Burnham Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CMO 8HA, UK
• Rei�, H.: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Schleusenstrasse 39a, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven
• Robertson, M.: FRS Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, Aberdeen, UK AB11 9DB
• Smith, R.: CEFAS, Burnham Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CMO 8HA, UK
• Van Hoey, G.: University of Gent, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent
• Vanden Berghe, E.: VLIZ, Vismijn, Pakhuizen 45-52, B-8400, Oostende