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There are numerous species of sharks found in the Pacific Ocean; of these sharks, 36 [1] have habitat ranges throughout the coastlines and surrounding waters of California, as identified below. Identifications include common names; scientific names; the taxonomic rank, family; conservation statuses according to IUCN; and an image.
Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve SMR and Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area SMCA are two of 22 marine protected areas adopted by the California Department of Fish and Game in August 2009 during the second phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. The MLPAI is a collaborative public process to create a statewide ...
The 2007 film Sharkwater documents ways in which sharks are being hunted to extinction. [15] In 2009, the IUCN Shark Specialist Group reported on the conservation status of pelagic (open water) sharks and rays. They found that over half the pelagic sharks targeted by high-seas fisheries were threatened with extinction. [16] [17] [18]
Sharks could be facing extinction over the next couple of decades. Human interference is largely to blame for the species interference. Overfishing of sharks has increased as the global demand has ...
An initiative of the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is monitoring great white sharks near California’s Padaro Beach.
Unprovoked attacks by sharks declined sharply in 2024, according to new figures from an international database compiled by the Florida Museum of Natural History. Shark attacks declined sharply in ...
The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) declares that "all native species of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants, and their habitats, threatened with extinction and those experiencing a significant decline which, if not halted, would lead to a threatened or endangered designation, will be protected or preserved."
The wildlife of the Channel Islands of California is wide and diverse, including many endemic species. While the land wildlife is slightly limited, there being only one large, naturally predatory, and native mammal, the small island fox , marine life can include anything from kelp forests to great white sharks .