IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
@iucnshark
IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group: highlighting shark science and policy events as and when they happen!
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Save Our Seas
@saveourseas
In the effort to protect our oceans, we fund & support research, conservation & education projects worldwide, focusing on threatened wildlife & their habitats.
The Shark Trust
@sharktrustuk
Safeguarding the future of sharks, skates & rays through positive change - based in UK with a global reach.
Simon Pierce
@simonpierce
Whale shark research & conservation. Co-founder / Principal Scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation. Wildlife geek from way back.
Eloísa Pinheiro Giareta
@eloisa_p
Shark and rays researcher🦈 Scientific illustrator inspired by the ocean 🦈
Dr. David Shiffman 🦈
@whysharksmatter
Research associate at @ASU @ASUinDC studying sharks and their conservation, science officer @scbmarine, author and consultant
Hannah Medd, MSc.
@sharkhugger
Conservation Ecologist, science-based conservation & policy focused on sharks and rays. President/Lead Scientist at @SharkStudies
IUCN Red List
@iucnredlist
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animals, fungi and plants.
Shark Research & Conservation Lab
@sharktagging
Advancing shark conservation & science literacy via cutting edge research & outreach. UMiami @MiamiRosenstiel
eleonora de sabata
@edesabata
#SeaStories Marine reporter & conservationist. Comms @LIFEEUSharks. Studying #sharks &climate #MedFever with @MedSharks. TEDx: youtu.be/8tcCvGtkX_M
UNEP-WCMC
@unepwcmc
The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Confronting the challenges faced by our world's biodiversity. #WeCanMakeChange
Re:wild
@rewild
🟢 Get the latest breaking news from Re:wild and our partners, and find sources for biodiversity stories here. Reach out ➡️ [email protected]
Amanda Vincent
@amandavincent1
Marine conservation Prof @UBCoceans. Lead @ProjectSeahorse @IUCNseahorse @SSCmarine. Finding practical solutions. We know enough. @IndyPrize Views mine.
WCS
@thewcs
Saving wildlife and wild places around the globe since 1895.
Dr Hollie Booth
@hollieboothie
Strategic Director of Nature Strategies @TBCbiodiversity | Post-doc Researcher @OxfordBiology | Founder @KebersamaanLaut | Nature & People 🩵✊🏽
EU Environment
@eu_env
The official account for @EU_Commission Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV). Rts and likes are not necessarily endorsements.
Dr. Neil Hammerschlag
@drneilhammer
Scientist | Educator | Shark Diver | 🇿🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🦈
Nicholas Dulvy
@nickdulvy
Secures a living for fishes & fisheries; especially sustainability for sharks, rays & chimaeras. Global Shark Assessment findings: bit.ly/SharkStatus
Luiz Rocha, PhD
@coralreeffish
Curator of Fishes at @CalAcademy and @Rolex Laureate inspiring protection of the oceans through science, photography, exploration, and storytelling.
CITES
@cites
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 🐘🌳🌸 linktr.ee/CITES_
IUCN CPSG
@iucn_cpsg
IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group: Changing the future for wildlife. Facebook: bit.ly/2C7Al2N IG: iucn_conservationplanningsg
High Seas Alliance
@highseasallianc
The High Seas Alliance is a partnership of organizations aimed at building a strong common voice and constituency for the conservation of the High Seas.
Kara Yopak
@profsharkbrain
Sharks, brains & laser beams - My lab focuses on comparative neuroanatomy of sharks, batoids, & chimaerids. Director of the @YopakZoMBiELab at @UNCWilmington
Jillian Morris-Brake
@biminisharkgirl
Mom, marine biologist & shark conservationist using science & media for education. Founder of @Sharks4Kids, author, prof photog & @PADI Ambassadiver
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
@a_whiteshark
AWSC is a nonprofit supporting scientific research, improving public safety, and educating the community to inspire shark conservation. Download @Sharktivity.
Shark Advocates
@sharkadvocates
A non-profit project of The Ocean Foundation dedicated to advancing science-based conservation of sharks & rays. Tweets by founder, Sonja Fordham.
Colin Simpfendorfer
@sharkcolin
Shark scientist. Adjunct Professor at James Cook University and University of Tasmania.
Shark Education
@sharks4kids
Creating the next generation of shark advocates through education & outreach. Curriculum, edu. materials, classroom visits & more.. 501 (c) 3 nonprofit
Dr. Georgia Jones
@drgeorgia_jones
Conservation ecologist - Principal Consultant in Marine Wildlife - scientist @SharkHubUK Predator ecology and conservation #sharks #raptors She/her.
Jon Paul Rodríguez
@jonparod
Ecólogo, investigador IVIC (@IVIC_oficial), presidente Provita (@provita_ong), presidente Comisión para la Supervivencia de las Especies de UICN (@IUCNssc)
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation 🌿
@iucn_med
Conservation of Mediterranean Ecosystems & Biodiversity Account of International Union for Conservation of Nature, Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation in Spain
Nuri BAŞUSTA
@nuribasusta
Dr. Samantha Sherman
@sammsherman27
Senior Lecturer @Deakin. Interested in #FisheriesManagement, #SharkScience, #Hooray4Rays, #CoralReefs, #SharkConservation. she/her
Gills Club
@gillsclub
@A_WhiteShark’s STEM education initiative connecting youth with female scientists from around the world to inspire shark and ocean conservation. Gills Talk 🎙
Lauren Meyer
@meyer_sci
Biochemical ecologist 🧪| co-leader of @SouthernSharkEG | @Flinders #shark trophic ecology 🦈🌯| Rugby player 🏉| 🏳️🌈 (she/her)| 🐕 mum
Key Biodiversity Areas
@keybiodiversity
The most significant sites for nature on the planet. 🐋🦓🦜🌱
Charlie Huveneers
@huveneerssseg
Marine ecologist @Flinders & leader of the @SouthernSharkEG
Mark Meekan
@markmeekan
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia working on ecology of fishes and tropical marine ecosystems
Guido Leurs
@leursguido
Shark ecologists with a fascination for ecological interactions and fisheries 🦈 University of Groningen & Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research 🇳🇱
Shark Science
@sharkscience
Cape Canaveral Scientific: not-for-profit Marine Biological & Ecological Research - sharks, other fishes, & ocean ecosystems.
Dr. Matt Ajemian
@drhulkfish
Associate Research Professor @floridaatlantic @HarborBranch studying the ecology & fishery interactions of fishes and other marine predators. PI of @FishEcoHBOI
Sargasso Sea Commission
@sargassoseacmsn
Working to encourage and facilitate voluntary collaboration toward the conservation of the Sargasso Sea. A legacy of the Sargasso Sea Alliance.
Jennifer 🎗 🦈
@jen_pytka
🎗 PhD 🦈fisheries: post-capture survival, physiology, policy, mgmt // R ancylostomus wildlife trade// MSc Marine Bio // BA Int'l Relations
Dr. Kyle Newton ⚡️🦈🧲
@sharkmagneto
Sensory & Cognitive Biologist: human impacts on fish behavior. Research Associate. SCUBA. Photography. Seahawks. Hurricanes. Dad of Walter Kitty
Shark Stanley
@thesharkstanley
#SharkStanley and his friends are promoting shark conservation and connecting young people around the globe // Take a pic & look for us at #CITES #Cop17
ASC
@sharkstudies
American Shark Conservancy Research & Outreach for Conservation
Shark Conservation Fund
@sharkrayfund
SCF is a philanthropic collaboration focused on halting the overexploitation of the world’s sharks and rays, preventing extinctions, and restoring populations.
WCS Ocean
@wcsocean
Protecting what connects us across all 5 oceans, underwater since 1895. On behalf of @TheWCS conservationists in 26 countries 🌏🌎🌍
Grupo De Estudos De Elasmobrânquios do Paraná
@elasmo_geep
Welcome to the Elasmobranch study group!! Follow our work with sharks and rays from Paraná, Brazil.
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
@speciesfund
MBZ Species Conservation Fund provides financial support to conservation projects worldwide.
Sophy McCully Phillips
@sophy_phillips
Principal Fisheries Scientist @CefasGovUK, N.Europe Regional Vice-Chair @IUCNShark, Chair @ICES_ASC WGEF 🦈Elasmobranch biology, ecology, assessment and advice
Maurits van Zinnicq Bergmann, PhD
@sharksprinkles
Predator ecologist. Sharks and biodiveristy conservation. Machine learning (RF). Automation. @peclabfiu PhD. Huge chocolate sprinkles (on bread) fan 🇳🇱
Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS)
@miss_elasmo
Non-profit organization promoting diversity and inclusion in shark research! 400+ members and counting👩🏾🔬🦈 IG: @miss_elasmo
Théophile Mouton
@theophile_mt
(Macro) Ecologist interested in conservation biology and biodiversity research | R stats | Data viz. Tweets my own.
EEA_Conference2022
@eeaconference
The official page for the annual EEA conference🦈 This year as a part of Sharks International! @SharksInt2022 Valencia, Spain 20th - 22nd October 2022
The Ray Project
@the_rayproject
NGO based in Ireland dedicated to the research and conservation of rays & skates worldwide!
Important Shark and Ray Areas - ISRAs
@sharkrayareas
Habitats, critical to sharks, rays, and chimaeras, are identified and used in spatial planning worldwide.
Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI)
@sarrinitiative
SARRI aims to recover some of the most threatened sharks & rays in their last refuges in the world as well as to catalyze a broader wave of recovery efforts.
Michael SCHOLL
@michael79182775
Alexandra Morata
@mazaanora
Sharks International 2026
@sharksint2026
The world's largest international shark, ray, and chimaera scientific conference. Join us in Sri Lanka in 2026.
Ana Barbosa Martins
@martins_apb
#Postdoc in the #IntegratedFisheriesLab @DalhousieU #sharksandrays #fisheries #spatialecology #conservation #nurseryareas She/her
Hannah Rudd
@hannahsrudd
Author #BritainsLivingSeas 2023 @BloomsburyBooks | Tedx Speaker | Generation Ocean 💙
ConservationOptimism
@conservoptimism
Sharing #conservationoptimism via stories of hope & resources for empowerment! 🌍 A global community supported by @UniofOxford , @synchearth & @whitleyawards.
mickgrant.bsky.social
@mickkgrant
Sharks & Rays - migrating to @mickgrant.bsky.social from 2024
Meaghen McCord
@meagashark
Executive Director @CPAWSbc | Member @IUCNShark | Mum to 2 delicious kids | Tweets my own
FACT_Network
@fact_network
We are a collaborative group of scientists using acoustic telemetry to track marine life.
GOBI
@gobisecretariat
Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative
Trisha Gupta
@trisha_0405
Marine conservationist working on shark and ray fisheries in India 🦈 PhD student @UniofOxford @ICCS_updates
Shark Conservation Lab
@dalyengellab
Page of Dr. Toby S. Daly-Engel, Director of the Florida Tech Shark Conservation Lab (she/her) #BLM, #loveislove! Views my own Find us on IG/FB dalyengenllab