The biggest white shark ever recorded was caught in 1939 and it was 21 feet long and weighed 7,300 pounds. They average 15 to 16 feet in length, but can grow much larger.
The trade in shark parts - mainly jaws and fins - is also illegal internationally under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Great white sharks, known scientifically as Carcharodon carcharias, are protected under state legislation that makes it illegal to fish for them. Courtesy Salvador Jorgensen Show More Show Less 3 of3 (GERMANY OUT) Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, USA, California, Pacific Ocean, Farallon Island, San Francisco Bay (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Reinhard Dirscherl / Ullstein Bild Show More Show LessĪ scientific mission into the secret ocean lair of California’s great white sharks has provided tantalizing clues into a vexing mystery - why the fearsome predators spend winter and spring in what has long appeared to be an empty void in the deep sea.Ī boatload of researchers from five scientific institutions visited the middle-of-nowhere spot between Baja California and Hawaii this past spring on a quest to learn more about what draws the big sharks to what has become known as the White Shark Cafe, almost as if they were pulled by some astrological stimulus. Courtesy Salvador Jorgensen Show More Show Less 2 of3 Salvador Jorgensen, a research scientist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, tags a shark off the coast of California. 1 of3 Salvador Jorgensen, a research scientist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, tags a shark near the Farallon Islands.
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