14 DAY TRIAL // Towards the beginning of this year's February, the state of California's Department of Fish and Wildlife was asked to list great white sharks as an endangered species and grant them legal protection against being harmed or killed.
Recent news on this topic says that conservationists can now rejoice at the thought of having achieved what they wanted.
Thus, starting March 1, the great white sharks living in California's waters are to be protected under the state's Endangered Species act, meaning that people will no longer be allowed to hunt them or hurt them in any other ways.
Those who fail in abiding by these new rules and regulations need ready themselves to face criminal prosecution, sources say.
Furthermore, it appears that those who do wish to catch such animals for various scientific purposes must first obtain a permit from the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The decision to offer such protection to California's great white sharks stems from the fact that, according to several reports, only 340 specimens belonging to this species are currently inhabiting these waters.
Just for the record, commercial fishing for this species has for some time now been banned in California, yet some people still hunted these animals on account of their allegedly being interested in studying them.