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“We must not only defend sharks because they are useful and beautiful, but we must protect the sea that feeds them. And also restore the balance of the great ocean’s ecosystem, of which sharks form an important link and on which we ultimately depend.”

Requins, Innocents sauvages, J-Y Cousteau et Yves Paccalet, Ed. Robert Laffont 1997.

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Shark and Ray project | Environment | cousteau.org
Many of the world’s shark species are at risk of extinction. We need to act now to protect them

Many of the world’s shark species are at risk of extinction. We need to act now to protect them

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“If you talk to animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them, you will not know them and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears, one destroys.”

-Chief Dan George

Sharing our Earth photoblog by Carmen Mandel-Cesareo
Sharks and rays play an extremely important role in maintaining the balance of our ocean’s ecosystems, on which we depend. Enter Cousteau’s conservation project.

Sharks and rays play an extremely important role in maintaining the balance of our ocean’s ecosystems, on which we depend. Enter Cousteau’s conservation project.

Ban the cruelty of finning of sharks Maligned and misunderstood, sharks are species at risk who need our help to survive. Subjected to overexploitation for the Asian food market, the cruel method of finning leaves sharks alive, with their fins removed, sinking to death unable to swim. Become informed and join international efforts to stop this cruel practice

Ban the cruelty of finning of sharks

Maligned and misunderstood, sharks are species at risk who need our help to survive. Subjected to overexploitation for the Asian food market, the cruel method of finning leaves sharks alive, with their fins removed, sinking to death unable to swim.

Become informed and join international efforts to stop this cruel practice

A misunderstood creature who needs our protection Watch video documentaries by Cousteau’s video channel Meeting Hammerhead Sharks Whale Shark Expedition 2009 to Djibouti. | News | cousteau.org

A misunderstood creature who needs our protection

Watch video documentaries by Cousteau’s video channel

Meeting Hammerhead Sharks

Whale Shark Expedition 2009 to Djibouti. | News | cousteau.org

Scientists Shed New Light on Behavior of Shark 'Tweens' and 'Teenagers'

Tropical island-nations that sacrifice their nursery habitats to coastal development lose not only shark babies but also older sharks from their local areas, with potentially dire effects on the surrounding ecosystem.

Read on

Sharks deserve understanding and protection

Sharks deserve understanding and protection

Shark Conservation Act of 2009

H.R. 81:111th Congress 2009-2010

To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.

Sharks ~ Their True Nature

SHARK FACTS

  • As top predators of the seas, sharks play a key role in the health of marine ecosystems.
  • Sharks grow and mature slowly. Some incubate their young for more than two years, the longest gestation period of any vertebrate. All this makes them highly vulnerable.
  • Sharks are wary of people and most will swim away.
  • Shark pups are born with large livers for survival. This discovery shows how sharks evolved to ensure their brood’s survival. Read more here.

Learn more about the nature of these magnificent creatures.