Leadership
- Dr. Greg Crawford, Dean, Science and Technology, Vancouver Island University
- Dr. David Lane, Professor Emeritus, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Vancouver Island University
- Mark Noyon, Chair, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Vancouver Island University
- Gordon Edmondson, Faculty, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Vancouver Island University
- Dr. Harald Rosental, President, World Sturgeon Conservation Society, Germany

Acipenser sturio by Marcus Bloch, from “Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische” 1782-1785
Research Partners
- Dr. Colin Brauner, Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology, University of BC
- Justin Henry, Target Marine Products, Sechelt,
- Jörn Gessner, Society to Save the Sturgeon, Berlin, Germany
- Joel van Eenennaam, Research Associate, Dept. of Animal Science, University of California-Davis

Sturgeon from “The Natural History of British Fishes” 1800-1802 by Edward Donovan
