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Shark Habitat Assessment and Research Program - Panama
 The Shark Habitat Assessment and Research Program - Panama, or SHARP - Panama, is designed to investigate shark ecology, conservation, and fisheries. The principal investigator and project leader, Carlos G. A. Ormond, is working closely with Conservation Science Institute shark researchers. The primary species we will be investigating for SHARP - Panama follow:
Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
Bull Shark (Carcharhinus perezi) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
 Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) IUCN Red List (data deficient/research needed)
Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falcifornis)
Smooth Hammerhead (Sphyrna sygaena) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) IUCN Red List (Low-risk/near threatened)
References:
Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. No. 125, vol. 4.
Shark Specialist Group. 2000. IUCN Shark Specialist Group Red List Assessments, 2000 (unpublished report).
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