The Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information Sevice for Education (PRAISE)
Program, implemented under the USDA Regional Aquaculture Center Program, whose goal is to support the development of the aquaculture industry in the Pacific Region by promotion of information transfer.

USDA/NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is a U.S. Federal government body whose creation was mandated in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.

Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University
A private not-for-profit research and development organization dedicated to marine aquaculture, coastal resource management, and biotechnology

University of Hawaii
State university and community college system in Hawaii

College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Part of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s Carnegie I Research Institution designation and is the Land Grant college of the University of Hawaii