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
June 7, 2026
Congratulations to Francesco Saverio Marzano and the team working on this absolutely massive coral reef restoration project in North Bali! Coral reefs are among the most […]
June 7, 2026
This is a very specific tragedy — and an extremely common one — for anyone doing serious field work. There’s also a slightly cruel irony to […]
June 7, 2026
Congratulations Sofia Maia, a Marine Biology student from ESTM, in Peniche, who did her internship at Sea Life Weymouth, in the UK, for her curricular internship, […]
June 6, 2026
Two weeks ago, we wrapped up our fourth ultra-demanding field expedition to Saudi Arabia. It took months of negotiations, countless headaches, sleepless nights, and a healthy […]
May 30, 2026
Congratulations Graham Patterson, an M.Sc. student in the Erasmus IMBRSea program, who’s currently specializing in marine conservation and cetacean research. Graham is about to begin his […]
May 30, 2026
What a pleasure it was to attend this year’s Nordic Aquarium Conference in Göteborg, Sweden, hosted at the splendid Maritime Museum and Aquarium, Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet. Many […]







