Registre canadien des attaques de requins — Un requin blanc harponné attaque un bateau à Hubbards, Nouvelle-Écosse (1920).

ORS researchers and contributors are dedicated and passionate experts from diverse fields working together to better understand, and ultimately, help protect the most misrepresented yet essential animals in the world ocean, sharks. Although our work in the St. Lawrence could easily employ the entire team on a full-time basis, there is little money to sustain our work. As a result, all of our field activities and off-season research are conducted on a volunteer basis. What we lack in funding, we more than make up in enthusiasm and resolve!

Canadian Shark Attack Registry — Harpooned white shark attacks boat at Hubbards, Nova Scotia (1920).

Meet the largest of all fish in the St. Lawrence, the basking shark.

The Greenland shark is the second largest carnivorous shark after the great white and it is the largest Arctic fish. It is also the longest-living vertebrate animal with a life expectancy of at least 272 years. Its range extends from the Arctic Ocean and Northern Europe to the 32nd parallel north in the Atlantic Ocean.

Meet the world’s most maligned sea creature, and a seasonal resident of the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary, the white shark.

Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.

The Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group is a not-for-profit registered Canadian charity that requires financial assistance from corporations and private citizens to conduct field operations. All donations are tax deductible in Canada.

We did not get here alone. ORS | GEERG researchers rely on the support of many corporations and institutions to sustain our work. These generous contributions extend the range and scope of our operations, and they allow us to be more effective and productive in the field.

The mission of GEERG is to advance scientific knowledge on the Greenland shark and northern shark species, to promote shark awareness and conservation, and to support youth environmental initiatives.