Shark Research

Some of the World’s Most Compelling Shark Research Happens Here at NSU

The researchers and marine biology students at Nova Southeastern University's Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the NSU Guy Harvey Research Institute are advancing the field of biological oceanography by contributing to our body of knowledge about the ocean’s most iconic apex predator – the shark.

Currently, NSU researchers and partners use shark tagging to track the migration patterns of 10 different species of shark, including the smooth hammerhead, which was just added to the project this year. A graduate student is using her passion for sharks to encourage more young females of color to enter the field of marine biology through her organization Minorities in Shark Sciences. And a coalition of scientists and lawmakers were able to pass legislation banning the importation of shark fins into the state of Florida.

These prominent accomplishments are only the crest of the wave of research and advocacy happening now. Read on to learn more about what you can get involved in.

NSU is home to the NSU Guy Harvey Research Institute and the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center. A major part of the work of both institutions is understanding and addressing major threats to shark and ray (elasmobranch) populations throughout the world.

Understanding and protecting these threatened species is an enormous – and enormously important – task. As apex predators, sharks and rays serve an essential function in a variety of marine ecosystems throughout the world. Not only that, the equally complicated microbiological and chemical oceanographic environment depends upon these host species for proper functioning and health.

The work of the Shark Research Center and the NSU Guy Harvey Research Institute is used to inform governments, NGOs and other research organizations on science-based conservation efforts worldwide.

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