Throughout the project, the coordinator team at partner 1 was assisted by a coordinating committe. The committe represented the 6 major aquacultured species in Europe (Salmon, Trout, Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Carp and Bivalves) in 6 groups, and one group represented the 5 SMEs. Each group is called an Scientific Activity Group (SAG) and has an coordinator whose responsibility is the described work in  those Work Packages which belongs to the group. The SAG leader is contact person for the group and takes part in the annual SAG meeting.