About

© Rebecca Bateman

ReShark is an international collective of over 90 conservation organizations, aquariums, government agencies and more, dedicated to recover threatened sharks and rays around the world by re-establishing healthy, genetically diverse, and self-sustaining populations.

Restoring sharks to their native ranges will balance ecosystems, as these important predators maintain the food web and serve as indicators for broader ocean health.

Founders

Governmental Partners

Government of the Republic of Indonesia

  • Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN) / National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia

  • Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) / Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia

  • Pemerintah Provinsi Papua Barat / West Papua Provincial Government

  • Pemerintah Provinsi Papua Barat Daya / Southwest Papua Provincial Government

  • Badan Riset dan Inovasi Daerah (BRIDA) Provinsi Papua Barat / West Papua Province Regional Research and Innovation Agency

  • Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Raja Ampat / Raja Ampat Regency Regional Government

  • Badan Layanan Umum Daerah Unit Pelaksana Teknis Daerah (BLUD UPTD) Pengelolaan Kawasan Konservasi Perairan (KKP) Kepulauan Raja Ampat / Raja Ampat MPA Management Authority

Government of Thailand

  • TBA

Non-Governmental Partners

Acquario di Genova

Albuquerque BioPark Aquarium

Andrew Wicklund Design

Aquarium de Lyon

Aquarium des Lagons Nouvelle Calédonie

Aquarium of the Pacific

Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)

Atlantis Dubai

AZA Saving Animals from Extinction

Biopixel Oceans Foundation

Cairns Marine

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

Child Aid Papua

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Conservation International

Discovery Cove

Elasmobranch Institute Indonesia

European Association of Zoos and Partners (EAZA)

Field Museum

Fondation Segré

Georgia Aquarium

Golden Nugget

Indo Pacific Films

Indonesian Ocean Pride

Irukandji Shark and Ray Encounters

IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group

IUCN Species Survival Commission Conservation Translocation Specialist Group

IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group

Jakarta Aquarium and Safari

James Cook University

Jenkinson’s Aquarium

Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium

Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium

Konservasi Indonesia

Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology

Landry's Downtown Aquarium

Loro Parque

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

Loyola University

MarAlliance

Minnesota Zoo

Misool Foundation

Misool Resort

Mote Marine Laboratory

Museum of Science & History (MOSH)

Mystic Aquarium

National Aquarium

Nausicaá Centre

National de la Mer

New England Aquarium

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

Ocean Blue Tree

Ocean Park Hong Kong

Oceanário de Lisboa

Oceanogràfic València

Océanopolis Brest

OdySea Aquarium

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Papua Diving Resorts

Pelagos Marine Nusantara

Poema del Mar Aquarium

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium

Raja Ampat Research and Conservation Centre (RARCC)

Re:wild

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach

Royal Burgers' Zoo

S.E.A. Aquarium, Resorts World Sentosa

SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND California

SEA LIFE North America

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium

SEA LIFE Trust Australia and New Zealand

Sea World Marine Park Gold Coast

Seattle Aquarium

SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld San Antonio

SeaWorld San Diego

Shark Advocates International

Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay

Shedd Aquarium

South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation

Sundive Byron Bay

The Dallas World Aquarium

Thrive Conservation

TJP Inc.

Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Universitas Papua

University of Delaware

University of Queensland

University of the Sunshine Coast

uShaka Sea World

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

WildAid

Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium

Supporters

Alchemy of Change Fund

Amy Allshouse

Andrew Wicklund Design

Anheuser-Busch

Asia Community Foundation

AZA Conservation Grants Fund

AZA SAFE Shark and Ray

AZA Saving Animals from Extinction

Baillie Family

Blue Penguin Ocean Conservation Trust

BlueMark Fund

Charles Annenberg Weingarten

Charles Engelhard Foundation

Conservation International

Daniel Roozen

Fondation Segré

George Meyer

Georgia Aquarium

Hansen Family Foundation

Heidi and Chris Rogers

Henry Foundation

Jill Warnick

Jon Persky

Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium

Kathy Xu

Katrine Bosley

Leonard Conway

MAC3 Impact Philanthropies

Marie-Elizabeth Mali

Michael Light

Mission Blue

Morshul Charitable Fund

Myra Shulman

Nate Wilson

Ocean Blue Tree

Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong

Paul Webb

Phil Yeung

Port of Seattle

Repass-Rodgers Family Foundation

Rumah Foundation

Samantha and Seren Bass

Save The Blue Foundation

Seattle Aquarium

Sea Connection Art

Shannon and Audrey Wong

Silolona Sojourns

Sonia Henricot

The Plum Foundation

Tropical Marine Centre

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Wolcott Henry

ReShark Council

  • Abraham Sianipar

    2023 - Present
    Co-Founder and Executive Director, Elasmobranch Institute Indonesia

  • Dr. Erin Meyer

    2023 - Present
    Co-Chair, StAR Project Steering Committee
    Chief Conservation Officer, Seattle Aquarium

  • Hap Fatzinger

    2023 - Present
    Division Director, North Carolina Aquariums
    Program Leader, AZA SAFE Shark and Ray

  • Dr. Lisa Hoopes

    2023 - Present
    Co-Chair, StAR Project Research Working Group
    Senior Director of Research and Conservation, Georgia Aquarium

  • Dr. Mark Erdmann

    2023 - Present
    Vice President of Asia-Pacific Marine Programs, Conservation International

  • Dr. Rima Jabado

    2023 - Present
    Deputy Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission
    Chair, IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group