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IUCN
Policy and Management Organizations
National, Regional and International Organisations
- American Elasmobranch Society (AES) | The American Elasmobranch Society is a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the scientific study of living and fossil sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras, and the promotion of education, conservation, and wise utilization of natural resources.
- European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) | The European Elasmobranch Association is not a public membership body, but an association of national organisations within Europe and the North-east Atlantic, some of these are scientific bodies, others are public membership organisations. EEA member bodies take turns to host the annual scientific meeting.
- Oceania Chondrichthyan Society Inc. (OCS) | The Oceania Chondrichthyan Society was founded in 2005 and is a joint venture between Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands to promote and facilitate education, conservation and scientific study of chondrichthyan fish.
- Southern African Shark and Ray Symposium (SASRS) | The Southern African Shark and Ray Symposium is a biennial meeting of the academic community of Southern Africa who are currently conducting research on these taxa.
- Germany | Deutsche Elasmobranchier-Gesellschaft e.V. (D.E.G.)
- France | Association Pour l’Etude et la Conservation des Sélaciens (A.P.E.C.S.)
- Greece | iSea
- Ireland | Irish Elasmobranch Group (IEG)
- Israel | Sharks in Israel
- Italy | Gruppo Ricercatori Italiani sugli Squali, Razze e Chimere (GRIS)
- Malta | Sharklab – Malta
- The Netherlands | Nederlandse Elasmobranchen Vereniging (NEV)
- Norway | Hai-Alliansen I Norge (HAI Norge)
- Portugal | Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservação de Elasmobrânquios (APECE)
- Spain | SUBMON
- Switzerland | The Shark Foundation
- United Kingdom | The Shark Trust
Research Organizations, Laboratories and Groups
- Canadian Pacific Shark Research Laboratory
- Canadian Shark Research Laboratory
- Florida Program for Shark Research (FPSR)
- Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEER)
- International Shark Attack Files
- Mediterranean Shark Research Group
- Mote Marine Laboratory (MML)
- Pacific Shark Research Center (PSRC) – Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Reef Quest Centre for Shark Research
- The Global Shark Assessment
- White Shark Trust (WST)
- Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation (BBFSF) | Bimini Shark Lab
- Sharks And Rays Australia (SARA)
- Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP)
- Corsica – Mediterranean Shark Research Group
Funding agencies, NGOs and Charities
- Bite-Back Shark and Marine Conservation
- COARE (Centre for Oceanic Awareness, Research and Education)
- Cousteau Shark Advocates
- Ecology Action Centre (EAC)
- Fundacion amigos de la Isla del Coco (FAICO)
- Marine Conservation Society
- Orkney Skate Trust
- PEW Institute for Ocean Science
- ProjectAWARE
- Pelagic Shark Research Foundation
- Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF)
- Shark Advocates International
- Shark Conservation Fund (SCF)
- The Shark Foundation
- Sharklife
- Shark Project
- Shark Savers
- Shark Trust
- Shark Truth
- TRAFFIC – The Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Open Source Information Sharing
- Sharkipedia | Open source research initiative to make all published biological traits and population trends on sharks, rays, and chimaeras accessible to everyone
- Otlet | Shark Share Global | Global open-access platform to share & source biological samples
