are great white shark endangered
A broad range of elasmobranchs-sharks and batoids-are eaten by Great White Sharks, as are chimaeroids, chelonians, cephalopods and other molluscs, crustaceans and occasionally sea birds such as cormorants and penguins (Compagno 2001). Great white sharks on way to endangered. Great white sharks off the coast of California are safer, at least for now. Great white sharks may be listed as endangered species. California To Consider Listing Great White Shark As Endangered Species. Calif. advances candidacy of great white shark to endangered species list ... Great White Sharks May Soon be Endangered; Jaws Needs Help. Officials Push To List Great White Sharks As Endangered Species. Fish and Game to consider great white shark status. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) was petitioned to add white sharks to the endangered species list but declined, based on its own research, bolstered by a preview copy of the study by the international team, said Heidi Dewar, a fisheries research biologist. Reuters. Great white sharks will now be protected under California’s Endangered Species Act starting on Friday. The state Fish and Game Commission approved the designation in February, forbidding the hunting, pursuing, catching, capturing or killing of the animal. California will now allocate funds to a wide study populations of the great white shark -- also known as Carcharodon carcharias -- expected to be released next year. The species has long been an object of fascination among humans, many of whom fear the beast for its size and reputation as a man-eater. The Great White Shark is currently protected in the Australian EEZ and state waters, South Africa, Namibia, Israel, Malta and the USA (California and Florida states, with directed fisheries prohibited off all coasts). Habitat and Ecology: The maximum size attained by Great White Sharks remains a matter of debate, and is estimated to be around 6 m, and possibly to 640 cm or more; the largest free-swimming individuals commonly captured are between 500-580 cm (mostly adult females) (Compagno 2001). The Great White Shark is vulnerable to capture trauma and may be killed or has limited survivorship after capture. Great White Sharks are curious and readily approach boats, scavenge from fishermens' nets or longlines and devour hooked fish taken by rod-and-line or swordfish harpoon. In 2011 an alarming study by Standford University suggested Great White Sharks were becoming an endangered species. But new look at research on them in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean indicates the population is now growing thanks to conservation efforts, according to an international research team. Commercial shark-finning is a practice where sharks are caught and their fins are cut off, then the body of the shark is discarded. Shark finning kills an estimated 100 million or more sharks globally per year. Bycatch. Bycatch in commercial fisheries is also a major threat. And the lead author of the study says the 2011 study underestimated the number of Great White Sharks in the oceans-and it should not be regarded as an endangered species. A new look at research on Great White Sharks in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean indicates the population is likely growing rather than endangered. A Great White Shark is pictured in the Eastern North Pacific in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Kevin Weng, University of Hawaii.
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