The European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) was established in 1996 as a non-profit share-holding organisation for co-ordinating the activities of national European organisations dedicated to the study, management or conservation of chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras).
The EEA is an association of organisations, not individuals. Members of the public support the EEA by joining one (or more) of its European member organisations.
NEW! Finning bans made simple
Watch the finning ban animation
Europe is in the final stages of the debate on closing loopholes in the EU finning ban. Find out what finning is, problems of the current regulation and why we support a policy of 'fins attached' with no execeptions.
Animation: Finning bans made simple
NEW! EEA Annual Scientific Conference 2012
22-25 November 2012 in Milan, Italy
The 16th Annual EEA Conference will be hosted
by the Italian Science Group on Chondrichthyan Fishes (GRIS), in Milan, Italy from 22-25 November 2012.
EEA Conference 2012
NEW! Key-note speaker interview
Dr. Shelley Clarke talks about the fin trade
Last year's EEA conference key-note speaker Dr. Shelley Clarke talks about her research on shark fin trade with the Shark Alliance. Watch the interview!
Watch the finning ban animation
