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 Home Pages. 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
- MOTE Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida
- NMFS Apex Predator Program, Narragansett, RI
- Florida Museum of Natural History
- International Shark Attack File
- University of Hawaii
- Elasmobranch Research at Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
- The Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Sharks Board, Natal, South Africa
- Mediterranean Shark Website
- Panama City Laboratory for Shark Population Assessment (NOAA)
- Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals
- Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center
- Canadian Shark Research Laboratory
III. Conservation and Management Organizations
- European Elasmobranch Association
- FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP)
- Asociación Ibérica de Tiburones y Rayas
- German Elasmobranch Society
- Swedish Elasmobranch Society
- Fundación Colombiana para la Investigación y Conservación de Tiburones y Rayas
- Shark Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN
- Shark Trust
IV. Partial Listing of Web Sites of General Interest
- Fishbase
- Elasmoworld Biological and Reference Database
- Fiona's Shark Mania: Links
- Oceania Chondrichthyan Society
- South African White Shark Research Institute
IV. Elasmobranch Discussion Groups
- Elasmo-L: A discussion group addressing technical aspects of Elasmobranch biology.

