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
February 7, 2022
Many thanks Lena Bockreiß, curator from Zoo Hellabrunn, for the wonderful email sent a few days ago, after wew shipped her some fish! This email warmed […]
February 6, 2022
Congratulations, Ricardo Mendes, a student from ESTM who’s on his way to finish his Marine Biology Degree in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, studying orcas with the Icelandic Orca […]
February 6, 2022
Meanwhile, our amazing Mobile Holding Station continues to grow strong, largely thanks to the tremendous efforts of our Azorean C.O.O., the one and only Rui Guedes! […]
January 29, 2022
Congratulations Adriana Oliveira, a young student from Porto who just recently completed her Master’s degree in Biological Aquatic Resources at the Faculty of Sciences of the […]
January 26, 2022
It wasn’t easy, but we managed to get more than one million signatures for the www.stop-finning-eu.org citizens initiative! All seemed lost around Christmas, with only one […]
December 24, 2021
Congratulations to Sara Cerqueira, who’s doing her Master’s at Universidade de Aveiro, studying movement patterns and behavior of ragged tooth sharks, Carcharias taurus, in the iSimangaliso […]







