Dutch Shark Society

‘Citizen Science’ is scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur or nonprofessional scientists. Formally, citizen science has been defined as “the systematic […]

Shark fishing and finning are still common practices in the Red Sea. Researcher Julia Spät, of the Red Sea Research Centre of the King Abdullah […]

The great white shark received new protections today when a California commission decided this shark should be studied as a potential endangered species. The Fish […]

One of the objectives of the Dutch Shark Society is showing research to a wide audience. One of the tools to do so, is of […]

Most of us believe that protecting the underwater world, for example through marine reserves, will be sufficient to save sea creatures. But how wrong we […]

Sharks are rapidly disappearing from our oceans. An estimated 100 million sharks are killed each year. Shouldn’t we try to protect them as much as […]

We are proud to present our first shark poster, that can be downloaded for free on this link! http://www.dutchsharksociety.org/Poster_DutchSharkSociety2.jpg We present this poster together with […]

The porbeagle shark is an important component of the Northeast Atlantic ecosystem, but the species is vulnerable to population depletion due to its complicated lifecycle […]

Well, not really showers… but they need to be cleaned! The Australian Marine Conservation Society made an urgent appeal yesterday: Past the Barrier Reef out […]

The tope shark, as the commercial sector are now prohibited from catching them, joins the common skate and porbeagle in having the highest levels of […]