are great white shark endangered
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 2007 film Sharkwater documents ways in which sharks are being hunted to extinction. In 2009, the IUCN Shark Specialist Group reported on the conservation status of pelagic (open water) sharks and rays.