U.S. asked to list great white sharks as endangered

Monday, August 13, 2012 - 01:01 in Biology & Nature

A petition by environmentalists notes that young sharks are frequently caught in gill nets. There are about 340 mature great whites in the northeast Pacific, researchers say.Environmental groups have petitioned the federal government to list the declining population of great white sharks off the coast of California as an endangered species.

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