are great white shark endangered
Reuters. Great white sharks will now be protected under Californiaâs 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.
Humans are not the preferred prey of the great white shark, but, nevertheless, the great white is responsible for the largest number of reported and identified fatal unprovoked shark attacks on humans.