Shark related websites

Status and Conservation Overviews Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) - great white recovery plan Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) - grey nurse recovery plan Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - a preliminary evaluation of the status of shark species

• Florida Museum of Natural History - elasmobranch fisheries management techniques: chapter 3
• University of Nottingham Ibis Labs - a classification of the recent Elasmobranchii
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Species Identification and Data Programme
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Volume 2 - Sharks of the World (pdf)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Volume 4 Part 1 - Sharks of the World (pdf)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Volume 4 Part 2 - Sharks of the World (pdf)

General Links

• Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMSA) - saving sharks and rays
• Australian Museum - grey nurse shark
• California Dept. of Fish and Game - white shark
• Canadian Shark Research Laboratory
• CSIRO - shark tagging
• Department of the Environment and Heritage - sharks in Australian waters
• Dive-Oz - grey nurse sharks
• Ecocean - whale shark
• Ecologica journal - special shark edition
• Enchanted Learning - information on sharks for children
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO) - shark fisheries
• Florida Museum of Natural History - sharks
• Government of WA, Department of Fisheries - whale sharks
• Guy Harvey Research Institute - shark conservation and research
• How stuff works - How sharks work
• Humane Society International (HSI)
• International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - basking shark
• Melbourne Aquarium - grey nurse shark
• Monterey Bay Aquarium - Elasmobranch Research
• Mote Marine Laboratory
• National Marine Fisheries Service - Highly Migratory Species Division
• National Marine Fisheries Service - Shark Population Assessment Group
• National Parks Association of NSW - grey nurse shark information
• NSW Department of Primary Industries - protecting the grey nurse shark
• University of Bologna On Line Data Bank for Biodiversity of Mediterranean and Black Sea Skates & Rays
• Pelagic Shark Research Foundation
• PRBO White Shark Research and Conservation
• Queensland Government - grey nurse shark information
• Rodney Fox Shark Experiences
• Sawfish Conservation Biology Web Page
• Shark Education and Awareness Program
• Shark research - Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea South West Pacific
  Shark Research Institute
• Shark Trust
• Taronga and Western Plains Zoos - Australian shark attack file
• The Mediterranean Shark Site
• The Natal Sharks Board
• The Whale Shark bibliography
• Vancouver Aquarium shark news
• Whale Shark Rhincodon typus policy and research scoping study
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Ocean Rescue

• Fiona's Shark Links
• Hawaii Shark Links

Acknowledgements: compiled by John Ackerman, Carolyn Stewardson and Danielle Curran, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 15 October 2004, with funding from the Natural Heritage Trust and Fisheries Resources Research Fund.