Since 1994, 22 countries have placed domestic regulations on shark finning. China is also working towards ending shark finning. To decrease the cultural value of fins, the Chinese government began prohibiting the serving of shark fin soup at official banquets in 2012.

As the top predators in the ocean, great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias ) face only one real threat to their survival: us. The assaults are many. By-catch : the accidental killing of sharks by fishermen’s longlines and trawlers.

The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is considered the most voracious apex predator in temperate marine ecosystems worldwide, playing a key role in controlling ecosystem dynamics. As a result, it is difficult to imagine a great white as prey.

Both the great white shark and the killer whale or orca are fearsome top predators. But of the two massive animals, the killer whale may be the more formidable one, a new study has found.

Killer whales feast on the livers of great white sharks — just one orca sighting can keep the sharks away for a year. But even these sharks are afraid of something. A new study found that when great whites have encountered killer whales, or orcas, near their hunting grounds, they’ve fled and stayed away.

Sharks have a sixth sense.

Killer Whales
Killer Whales When you think of top ocean predators, you probably think of sharks. Great white sharks, to be exact. But the true ruler of the sea is the killer whale. Killer whales are apex predators, which means they have no natural predators.

Orcas are the only natural predator of the great white. Scientists have found proof that they are gashing the sharks open and eating their fatty livers. Orcas have been observed preying on great white sharks all over the world.

Although the great white shark has a fearsome reputation, in a straight fight it is outclassed by the orca. Not only are orcas much bigger, they are also smarter. Great whites are now known to be warm blooded but orcas still have much higher metabolic rates because they breathe air.

Predators that prey on great white sharks include killer whales, or orcas. Great white sharks also prey on other smaller great white sharks.

Off the coast of South Africa, just below the ocean’s surface, an epic battle is underway as killer whales hunt and kill the world’s most iconic predator, the great white shark. … Orca attacks on great whites have been recorded only twice before, off the coast of California and Australia. They are becoming more frequents as time goes by.

Off the coast of South Africa, just below the ocean’s surface, an epic battle is underway as killer whales hunt and kill the world’s most iconic predator, the great white shark.

If someone asked you what the greatest apex predator of the sea was, they’d probably say ; “The Great White Shark”….and they’d be right (almost). Since the release of Peter Benchley’s film “Jaws” in 1975, very few people didn’t even know what a great white shark was.