The 2005 Steering committee meeting was held at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany, 11-12 April 2005
| Canada - Steve Scott | Korea- Sang-Mook Lee |
| China- John Chen | Norway- Rolf Pedersen |
| France- Jérôme Dyment | Portugal- Fernando Barriga |
| France- Françoise Gaill | Spain - Rosario Lunar |
| Germany- Colin Devey (Chair) | UK- Paul Dando |
| Germany- Nicole Dubilier | UK- Tim Henstock |
| India- K. A. Kamesh Raju | USA- Donna Blackman |
| Japan- Nobukazu Seama | USA- Charles Fisher |
From left to right: Rolf Pedersen, Benoit Ildefonse (WG chair), John Chen, Nobukazu Seama, Jérôme Dyment, Françoise Gaill, K. A. Kamesh Raju
Tim Henstock, Colin Devey, Nadine le Bris (WG chair), Nicole Dubilier, Chuck Fisher, Paul Dando, Donna Blackman (missing in picture is Steve Scott, Kristen Kusek, Katja Freitag)
