Shark Reef Aquarium, ... In the nearby Pacific, day-trippers regularly encounter shortfin mako and blue sharks on scuba and snorkeling outings. “The deep water’s not that far offshore.

Sea Life Aquarium is home to 15 sharks from seven species, including the nurse, zebra, bonnet head, blacktip reef, grey reef, bamboo and epaulette sharks. Shark Week was first made popular by the ...

Mako sharks are the worst-faring species of shark in captivity, even more so than the great white shark, which is famous for not being able to be kept in aquariums.

Shortfin Mako sharks. A Juvenile shortfin mako shark swimming in the waters off California. ... according to the New England Aquarium. More: Rare shark washed up on Little Compton beach.

"The loss of sharks upsets the balance of the eco-system," says Jim Kinsler, SeaWorld Orlando's assistant aquarium curator. "The animals won't be around much longer if we don't step up our game." ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program calls shortfin mako from California and Hawaii a "good alternative" to more vulnerable options, but generally recommends against consuming shark.

While fishing the Midnight Lump south of Venice Friday, Capt. Kevin Beach and his clients boated a 580-pound mako shark that will rank as the fourth-largest ever brought to scales in Louisiana.