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
- Careers in Oceanography, Marine Science & Marine Biology
- Guide to Career Education (in Biology)
- So you want to be a marine biologist
II. Institutions Involved in Elasmobranch Research
- www.musc.edu/mbes
- Zavora Marine Lab
- 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
- 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)
- Sharks Board, Natal, South Africa
- University of Hawaii
III. Conservation and Management Organizations
- Save Our Seas Foundation
- Manta Trust
- National Marine Fisheries Service HMS
- Shark Advocates International
- IUCN Shark Specialist Group
- European Elasmobranch Association
- Oceania Chondrichthyan Society
- FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP)
- Fundación Colombiana para la Investigación y Conservación de Tiburones y Rayas
- German Elasmobranch Society
- Shark Trust
- Sawfish Conservation Society