Note: This information provided courtesy of the Graduate College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware.

As many as 62 species of shark roam the eastern waters of North America, including the Delaware and Maryland coasts.

Some stay in the high seas, far from shore, while others live close to the bottom, but many inhabit shallow waters in estuaries and close to shore.

Click on the following pages for detailed information about the common kinds of sharks found off our coast.

Photo: Mako Shark Courtesy www.worldshark.com

Sharp Shark Sites   Try to say that 3 times fast!

How Sharks Work

• The Chance of a Shark Attack
  
• The Life of a Shark
  
• Reproduction of the Shark

Sharks Common to the Delaware-Maryland Coast

• The Common Hammerhead Shark
  
• The Atlantic Mako Shark
  
• The Sand Shark
  
• The Smooth Dogfish Shark
  
• The Spiny Dogfish Shark
  
• The Sandbar Shark

Catching Shark

• Shark Fishing Gear
  
• Estimating Your Shark's Weight
  
• Cleaning a Shark
  
• Recipes for Shark
  
• Preserving Shark Meat

Number of attacks in Delaware from the International Shark Attack File