Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide

Appendix B: Organizations That Promote the Study and Conservation of Sharks

230 Appendix B Organizations That Promote the Study and Conservation of Sharks American Elasmobranch Society. Focuses on biology and conservation of sharks, skates, and rays. See www.elasmo.org. American Fisheries Society. Publisher of Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, North American Journal of Aquaculture, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, and the newsletter Fisheries. Their website is fisheries.org. American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. Publishes the newsletter Briefs. See www.aifrb.org. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Publisher of the journal Copeia. The website is asih.org. Canadian Shark Research Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Provides information about shark biology and fisheries on its website, www.marinebiodiversity.ca/shark. Defenders of Wildlife. Maintains a website that contains information about sharks and works to disseminate information about finning. See www .defenders.org/sharks/sharks and www.defenders.org/sharks/defenders -action-stop-shark-finning. European Elasmobranch Association (EEA). Nonprofit organization that coordinates the activities of European organizations dedicated to the study, management, or conservation of sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras (www.eulasmo.org). European Ichthyological Society. Sponsor of the European Congresses of Ichthyology. Fishery Society of the British Isles (www.fsbi.org.uk). Publisher of the Journal of Fish Biology. Fundación Colombiana para la investigación y conservación de tiburones y rayas (www.squalus.org). Colombian-based scientific organization that promotes the study and conservation of sharks and rays. Ichthyological Society of Japan. Publisher of two journals, one in English, Ichthyological Research, and one in Japanese, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Publishes the Red List of Threatened Species (www.redlist.org) with periodic updates on the global conservation status of species. 231 Organizations Manta Trust. Focuses on the worldwide conservation of manta rays and their habitats (www.mantatrust.org). Oceania Chondrichthyan Society (OCS). Australian-based organization that promotes education, conservation and scientific study of chondrichthyan fishes; see its website at www.oceaniasharks.org.au. Pew Environmental Initiatives, Global Shark Conservation Campaign. The campaign works to influence fishing nations and treaty organizations , declare shark sanctuaries, and advocate for international shark conservation (www.pewenvironment.org/campaigns). Project AWARE. International organization of scuba divers that promotes underwater conservation, focusing particularly on sharks and marine debris (www.projectaware.org). Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. International organization that works to defend marine wildlife, including sharks. Its shark page and links begin at www.seashepherd.org/sharks. Shark Advocates International. “Safeguarding sharks through sound conservation ” (www.sharkadvocates.org). Shark Alliance. Global, not-for-profit coalition of nongovernmental organizations dedicated to restoring and conserving shark populations by improving shark conservation policies (www.sharkalliance.org). Shark Foundation. Swiss-based conservation organization (www.shark.ch). ...