Dutch Shark Society

                When Todd Cameron was a kid he spent hours and hours in the pool pretending he was […]

All shark bites are incredibly sad for the people involved and their families. But is a reaction like the one in New Zealand of today […]

So far, there are only a few shark species on CITES Appendix II:  the white shark Carcharodon carcharias, whale shark Rhincodon typus and basking shark […]

Oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus ) are best known as inhabitants of the open seas. However, a new report by an US-led team of marine […]

                Many research projects are focused on tracking sharks and rays. The objective of is research is data […]

From March 4th to March 13th, the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of […]

Last September, the  government of West Australia announced the spending of AUD 6.85 million to monitor and cull sharks close to popular beaches. The US […]

In  2009 , the Netherlands launched the Shark Action Plan, a collaboration between several organisations: Foundation De Noordzee, Shark Alliance, World Widlife Fund, the Waddenvereniging, […]

In 2012, shark incidents in U.S. waters tied the record  of 53 unprovoked incidents, set in 2000. Florida had the most with 26 bites. The […]