The BlueBRIDGE consortium brings together scientists, practitioners and experts, who are individually considered as world leaders in their respective areas. Its strength relies on the scientific complementarities of the partners and a history of excellence in the e-infrastructure field (seven of the fifteen partners were part of a previous e-infrastructure project funded by the European Commission, iMarine - Data e-Infrastructure Initiative for Fisheries Management and Conservation of Marine Living Resources, and three partners were involved in the same initiative as high level experts).

BlueBRIDGE bundles forces from intergovernmental organizations, research institutes, industry and SMEs establishing a network with a proven track in VREs & e-Infrastructures, computer science, marine, aquaculture, environmental & fisheries science & economy. The organisation relies on 3 pillars under the form of the BlueBRIDGE Governing Boards. The members were formally assigned at the project launch meeting which took place at CNR in Pisa, Italy, from 14-18 September 2015 as illustrated below: