Where to Find Shark Protection Projects and Research on shark.swiss

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The Shark Foundation's site (shark.swiss) organizes its conservation work and research material under a Projects menu, with separate sections for Current, Completed, and Short projects, plus Grants and Publications for research outputs and a Shark Database for distribution, identification, and Red List information. Use this guide if you want to locate a specific project by region or topic, check what research the foundation has funded, or look up species and distribution data.

Protection Projects: Where They Live on the Site

The Projects area is the main entry point. It splits into:

  • Current — active fieldwork and conservation efforts
  • Completed — finished projects with results
  • Short projects — smaller, time-limited efforts

The Current list is organized by geography and species focus. Based on the site's project index, it includes:

Region / Theme Project examples
Africa Population Genomics; Shark Fisheries in Angola; Shark fisheries in Ghana; Shark protection in Cape Verde
Pacific Whale Sharks; Fiji Shark Reef; Fiji Bullshark Nurseries; Fiji Lemon sharks; Bimini Nurse Sharks
Asia Shark trade Tamil Nadu; Sharks and Rays, Seychelles
Europe / Mediterranean Sharks in the Ambracian Gulf; Deepsea Sharks in the Med; Shark trade in Greece; Angel sharks (Jupiter)
Global / migratory Migrations of pelagic sharks; Migrations of big shark species; eDNA South Africa

Completed projects listed include White Sharks, Shark identification, Sixgill Sharks, Blue Sharks Cornwall, Basking Sharks, and Three shark documentaries. If you are looking for a specific region, scan the Current list first — it is the most granular.

Research Outputs: Grants and Publications

If your interest is the science rather than the fieldwork, two sections serve you:

  • Grants — records of research the foundation has supported
  • Publications — reports and papers tied to its work

Annual Reports and News sit alongside these and are the place to check for updates on project progress. For a quick overview of what the foundation does and how it reports on it, start with the Annual Reports, then move to Grants for specific funded studies.

The Shark Database: Distribution, Identification, Red List

The Database section is the reference layer for species-level questions. It contains:

  • Search — look up entries directly
  • Distribution — where species occur
  • Identification — species identification material
  • Red List — conservation status, organized by Red List Categories and Taxonomy

This is the section to use if you want to know a species' threat status or range rather than read about a project. The Red List pages follow standard categories, so you can filter by threat level.

Background Material That Supports the Projects

The site pairs its project pages with explanatory content, which is useful context when reading a project description:

  • Sharks → Biology — habitats, evolution, features, anatomy, senses, reproduction
  • Hunted Hunters — fisheries, finning, bycatch, mangroves, global warming, plastics, shark cartilage, shark products
  • Accidents — facts, dangerous species, prevention, water activities

The Exhibit section ("Sharks – the hunted hunters") offers tour information and impressions if you want a public-facing summary of the same themes.

Practical Tips for Navigating

  • Use the top-level Projects menu to switch between Current, Completed, and Short projects rather than searching the whole site.
  • Project names are specific (e.g., "Shark fisheries in Ghana"), so browsing the list is faster than guessing a URL.
  • For species questions, go straight to Database → Red List or Distribution.
  • The Shop sells items such as petrified shark teeth (listed at 15.0) and supports the foundation's work; it is separate from the research sections.

If you tell me which region or species you are researching, I can point to the most relevant section of the site.