Internet Sources of Information About Sharks, Skates, Rays, and Chimaeras
Topics Related to Elasmobranch Research
The lists which follow provide links to a number of sites that contain information related to the biology of elasmobranchs. Sites listed here may contain scientific information as well as information of more general interest. You will find photographs and drawings, text, research institutions, home pages of individuals working with or interested in sharks and their relatives, and information about discussion groups. DISCLAIMER: The sites listed in the following categories are provided solely for convenience and amusement, and to satisfy the intellectual curiosity of users of the American Elasmobranch Society website. As such, no endorsement of the products or responsibility for the accuracy of the information at other URL sites is implied by or the responsibility of the American Elasmobranch Society.
I. Careers in Biology and the Marine Sciences
II. Institutions Involved in Elasmobranch Research
- Canadian Shark Research Laboratory
- Elasmobranch Research at Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Florida Museum of Natural History
- International Shark Attack File
- Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center
- Mediterranean Shark Website
- MOTE Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
- NMFS Apex Predator Program, Narragansett, RI
- Pacific Shark Research Center
- Panama City Laboratory for Shark Population Assessment (NOAA)
- Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals
- Sharks Board, Natal, South Africa
- University of Hawaii
III. Conservation and Management Organizations
- Asociación Ibérica de Tiburones y Rayas
- European Elasmobranch Association
- FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP)
- Fundación Colombiana para la Investigación y Conservación de Tiburones y Rayas
- German Elasmobranch Society
- Shark Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN
- Shark Trust
- Swedish Elasmobranch Society
IV. Partial Listing of Web Sites of General Interest
- Elasmoworld Biological and Reference Database
- Fiona's Shark Mania: Links
- Fishbase
- Oceania Chondrichthyan Society
- South African White Shark Research Institute
V. Elasmobranch Discussion Groups
- Elasmo-L: A discussion group addressing technical aspects of Elasmobranch biology.

