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
August 30, 2023
Congratulations João Monteiro, a Ph.D. student focusing on the fisheries biology of Carcinus maenas, also known as the shore crab.
August 17, 2023
Remember our Carp(e) Diem Mission one week ago?? This week’s edition was waaaaay smoother on the documentation front, but then the London-Lisbon flight got delayed for […]
August 13, 2023
We just struck a really nice deal with a wonderful collector based in the Canary Islands, who is now collecting Macaronesian live fish and invertebrates also. […]
August 10, 2023
Fancy a different kind of evening? Then come play with Flying Sharks, as we acclimate 4.000 Cyprinus carpio – commonly known as ‘Carp’ – to a […]
August 5, 2023
And this is what 462 lovely Scomber scombrus look like after a 22 hours 1900 km transport by road during a heatwave. This trip to L’Ocearium […]
August 5, 2023
Many thanks to our friends Lewis Cocks and Paul Hamilton, from The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi, for trusting us to meet your cold water needs when […]