■The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science http://www.miyagi.kopas.co.jp/JSFS/e-main.shtml

■The Japanese Biochemical Society http://www.jbsoc.or.jp/jbs_eng/index.html

■Laboratory of Aquatic Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo http://www.suikou.fs.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/index.html

■Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment http://www.eikanken-okinawa.jp/english/english.htm

■Wholesale Market Sanitation Inspection Station http://www.fukushihoken.metro.tokyo.jp/itiba/english/digeste.pdf