- Research
- HMS research and data needs (Chapter 7 in the 2018 edition of the Council research and data needs document)
- American Fishermen’s Research Foundation
- Regional fishery management
- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (conducts HMS stock assessments)
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
- International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (conducts HMS stock assessments)
- SPC Oceanic Fisheries Programme (conducts stock assessments)
- Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
- State and interstate fisheries commissions
- Sport and commercial fishing industry related associations