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Selected Websites
In addition to the websites developed by members of the National Shark Research Consortium (Florida Program for Shark Research – Florida Museum of Natural History, Mote Marine Laboratory Center for Shark Research, and Shark Research Program at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science), there are many additional websites that provide details related to sharks and rays that can be found on-line. The following list provides links to select sites that may contain useful information on conservation, education, and research programs pertaining to the biology of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
CONSERVATION
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group
EDUCATIONAL/TEACHING
Florida Museum of Natural History
Mote Marine Laboratory (About Sharks)
Ocean of Know (Shark's Lesson Plan)
GENERAL
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
California Academy of Sciences, Ichthyology
Florida Museum of Natural History, Ichthyology
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ichthyology Department
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Fish Collection
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Marine Vertebrates Collection
University of Washington Fish Collection
U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Division of Fishes
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS
CSIRO, Australia, Tagging Research
DFO Canada, Pacific Biological Station - Groundfish/Elasmobranchs
Dr. Steven Campana's Canadian Shark Research Laboratory
Dr. Chris Lowe's CSULB Shark Lab
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Shark Lab
Monterey Bay Aquarium (Conservation and Research)
NMFS Panama City Shark Population Assessment Group
Naragansett Laboratory Apex Predators Program
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center Marine Resources Division
Sharks Board, Natal South Africa
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
American Society of Ichthyologists and Hepetologists
SHARK ATTACK
International Shark Attack File
TAXONOMY
California Academy of Sciences, Catalog of Fishes
