Dutch Shark Society

We are happy to say, that we will continue our work with WWF Netherlands for another year. On October 4, the last 17 tagged rays […]

By Dorien Schröder, marine biologist To this day a lot of people would answer that question with shark finning. Even a lot of conservation organisations […]

Since three months, we are sampling shark meat in Dutch markets and other points of sale. The samples will be examined by the University of […]

As photographer of the Dutch Shark Society, Peter Verhoog (peterverhoog.com) documented the work of the Orkney Skate Trust, that is supported by World Wide Fund […]

The thornback ray belongs in the habitat along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium, but has almost disappeared here due to overfishing. The species […]

Project Partners WWF NL, Sportvisserij Nederland, Dutch Shark Society, Blue Linked and The NorthSea Foundation report: The first tagged thornback ray has surfaced, both in […]

In the winter months it was too cold to release the young animals in the North Sea. We started releasing again when the water temperature […]

It has been three years since the start of De Grote Eikapseljacht. More than 1000 eggcases are registered now! There is a small increase in […]

On April 1st the weather was not too good. So we were really happy that around 50 people showed up for our eggcase hunt.  After […]