Our mission

The major focus of the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center USA (SOSF-SRC) is to conduct targeted and impactful scientific research to improve management, conservation, recovery and understanding of the world’s sharks and rays.
What we do

A hallmark of the SOSF-SRC is that it specialises in taking integrative, multi-disciplinary approaches to research and conservation, which include combining high-tech genetics, genomics and field work to illuminate holistically aspects of shark and ray science that would be difficult to decipher using single-discipline approaches alone.
Where we are

The SOSF-SRC is located in Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center building in Dania Beach, Florida, USA. The five-storey building opened in September 2012, with an architectural theme inspired by the ocean.
Latest centre news
Population dynamics of scalloped hammerhead sharks
By Mahmood Shivji, 11th March 2021
The scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, is a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List, with its dire condition stemming from overfishing to supply global shark fin markets and high sensitivity to mortality when captured on fishing gear. This species occurs worldwide in warm oceans, including in the Eastern…
Hammering home
By Jade Schultz, 3rd March 2021
A window into the elusive smooth hammerhead shark’s world has been opened. Up until now very little was known about this vulnerable species, but thanks to the work of a multinational team of researchers, we now have valuable insight into the migration patterns of these majestic ocean travellers. Even though…
The mitochondrial genome of a grey reef shark
By Jade Schultz, 15th December 2020
Written by Ela Patel, a Grade 10 student at Trinity Preparatory School The grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos ) is a typical-looking shark species. It can grow up to 8 feet (244 cm), but most individuals are around 4 to 5 feet (122-152 cm) in length. Although it looks generic,…
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