Established in 2006 Flying Sharks has been flying live marine animals to public aquaria all over the World, from Japan to the USA, Turkey to Dubai, Singapore to Saudi Arabia, all European countries to Russia, and many other locations. We regularly supply ornamental fish and invertebrates in boxes, and frequently move large amounts of animals in large shipping containers by sea, road or air.
All animals are collected by our staff, often in cooperation with commercial fishermen, none of them using environmentally destructive techniques, such as trawling, drift gill-netting or chemicals of any sort. The vast majority of animals are hand collected individually, while some swim passively into traps or get caught by barbless, easily removable, hooks.
Flying Sharks is also proud to boast a predominantly scientific team and fervorously supports research conducted both inhouse or by our "Flying Sharks Research Fund" recipients. All our results (both the good and the not-so-good) are published in peer reviewed journals (check them out in the "Literature" section) and disseminated in scientific meetings all over the globe.
Feel free to get to know us better by touring our "Missions" on the menu on top and don't miss our "Research Fund" area also.
What are we doing
January 24, 2026
Congratulations to Cristiana Pereira da Cunha, a Ph.D. student at the University of Aveiro, who reached out to us seeking support to attend Sharks International, the […]
January 24, 2026
The first two weeks of 2026 took us back to Saudi Arabia for our third visit – and our second collections trip – for what is […]
January 18, 2026
Congratulations to Elena Fernández Corredor, a brilliant Ph.D. candidate from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), in Barcelona, who reached out asking for a bit […]
December 14, 2025
The last Flying Sharks operation of the year took us on a nearly 9.000 kilometre journey, from the Bergen Aquarium and several aquaculture facilities in Norway, […]
December 8, 2025
Dear friends, colleagues, clients, suppliers and partners! Holy mackerel… 2025 really kept us on our toes. After countless Zoom meetings and negotiations, that stretched longer than […]
December 7, 2025
Congratulations to Shathuki Perera, a brilliant Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney, who just received 500 euros from our Research Fund! Shathuki reached out to […]







