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The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

Photo © Alexa Elliot

Photo © Alexa Elliot

Photo © Alexa Elliot

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Worldwide distribution of shark species

Click on a region on the world map or select the appropriate link to find shark species in that area. Results include the sharks that are in the shark database.
The database currently contains 1008 locations of 201 species.

For the sake of simplicity, the oceanic regions in the distribution map below do not adhere exactly to the official boundaries of the various marine regions.

 

Arctic Region Southern Ocean South Pacific North Pacific North Atlantic Indian Ocean South Atlantic South Pacific North Pacific Gm Ca 1 2 5 6 8 7 3 4 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SouthAmerica NorthAmerica Africa Australia Europe Asia

 

Oceanic regions:
North Atlantic South Atlantic Indian Ocean North Pacific W North Pacific E South Pacific W South Pacific E
Arctic Region Southern Ocean

Coastal- and enclosed seas:
Mexican Gulf (Gm) Caribbean (Ca) North Sea - Baltic (1) Mediterranean (2) Black Sea (3) Red Sea (4) Arabian Sea, Lacadives (5) Bay of Bengal, Andaman (6) Philippines, Indonesia (7) Chinese and Japanese regions (8)

Coastal regions:
Australia, New Zealand (9) East coast of Africa (10) West coast of Africa (11) East coast of North America (12) West coast of North America (13) East coast of South America (14) West coast of South America (15)

Fresh water:
Lakes and rivers

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