Editing Great white shark (section)

=== In captivity ===
{{See also|Monterey Bay Aquarium#Great white sharks}}
[[File:Great white aqurium.jpg|thumb|left|Great white shark in the [[Monterey Bay Aquarium]] in September 2006|alt=Photo of shark]]

Prior to August 1981, no great white shark in captivity lived longer than 11 days. In August 1981, a great white survived for 16 days at [[SeaWorld San Diego]] before being released.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2004-10-02-great-white_x.htm |title=Great white shark sets record at California aquarium |work=[[USA Today]] |date=2 October 2004 |access-date=27 September 2006 |archive-date=7 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107233833/http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2004-10-02-great-white_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The idea of containing a live great white at [[SeaWorld Orlando]] was used in the 1983 film ''[[Jaws 3-D]]''.

[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]] first attempted to display a great white in 1984, but the shark died after 11 days because it did not eat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/08/462455785/great-white-shark-dies-after-just-3-days-in-captivity-at-japan-aquarium |title=Great White Shark Dies After Just 3 Days In Captivity At Japan Aquarium |last=Hopkins |first=Christopher Dean |date=8 January 2016 |work=NPR |access-date=21 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403122512/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/08/462455785/great-white-shark-dies-after-just-3-days-in-captivity-at-japan-aquarium |archive-date=3 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2003, Monterey researchers captured a small female and kept it in a large netted pen near [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] for five days. They had the rare success of getting the shark to feed in captivity before its release.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/16/BAGCM8PN3E1.DTL |title=Great white shark puts jaws on display in aquarium tank |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=16 September 2004 |access-date=27 September 2006 |first=Alan |last=Gathright |archive-date=28 August 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828115804/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/16/BAGCM8PN3E1.DTL |url-status=live}}</ref> Not until September 2004 was the aquarium able to place a great white on long-term exhibit. A young female, which was caught off the coast of [[Ventura, California|Ventura]], was kept in the aquarium's {{Convert|3.8|e6l|e6USgal|0|abbr=unit}} Outer Bay exhibit for 198 days before she was released in March 2005. She was tracked for 30 days after release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/whiteshark.asp |title=White Shark Research Project |publisher=[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]]|access-date=27 September 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119071210/http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/whiteshark.aspx|archive-date=19 January 2013}}</ref> On the evening of 31 August 2006, the aquarium introduced a juvenile male caught outside [[Santa Monica Bay]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/01/MNG1IKTP904.DTL |title=Great white shark introduced at Monterey Bay Aquarium |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=1 September 2003 |access-date=27 September 2006 |first=Chuck |last=Squatriglia |archive-date=6 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206001357/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/01/MNG1IKTP904.DTL |url-status=live}}</ref> His first meal as a captive was a large [[salmon]] steak on 8 September 2006, and as of that date, he was estimated to be {{cvt|1.72|m|in}} in length and to weigh approximately {{cvt|47|kg}}. He was released on 16 January 2007, after 137 days in captivity.

Monterey Bay Aquarium housed a third great white, a juvenile male, for 162 days between 27 August 2007, and 5 February 2008. On arrival, he was {{cvt|1.4|m|ft}} long and weighed {{cvt|30.6|kg}}. He grew to {{cvt|1.8|m|ft}} and {{cvt|64|kg}} before release. A juvenile female came to the Outer Bay Exhibit on 27 August 2008. While she did swim well, the shark fed only once during her stay and was tagged and released on 7 September 2008. Another juvenile female was captured near Malibu on 12 August 2009, introduced to the Outer Bay exhibit on 26 August 2009, and was successfully released into the wild on 4 November 2009.<ref name="Monterey">{{cite web |url=http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_whiteshark/whiteshark_ours.aspx |publisher=Monterey Bay Aquarium |title=Learn All About Our New White Shark |access-date=28 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120151638/http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_whiteshark/whiteshark_ours.aspx |archive-date=20 November 2009}}</ref> The Monterey Bay Aquarium introduced a 1.4-m-long male into their redesigned "Open Sea" exhibit on 31 August 2011. He was exhibited for 55 days, and was released into the wild on 25 October the same year. However, the shark was determined to have died shortly after release via an attached electronic tag. The cause of death is not known.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/09/01/new-great-white-shark-goes-on-display-at-monterey-bay-aquarium/ |title=New great white shark goes on display at Monterey Bay Aquarium |date=1 September 2011 |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024124707/https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/09/01/new-great-white-shark-goes-on-display-at-monterey-bay-aquarium/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/great-white-shark-dies-shortly-after-release-from-monterey-aquarium/ |title=Great White Shark Dies Shortly After Release From Monterey Aquarium |date=3 November 2011 |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415021434/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/great-white-shark-dies-shortly-after-release-from-monterey-aquarium/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-nov-03-la-trb-shark-monterey-aquarium-20111103-story.html |title=Great white shark dies after release from Monterey Bay Aquarium |date=3 November 2011 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021101154/https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-nov-03-la-trb-shark-monterey-aquarium-20111103-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Monterey Bay Aquarium does not plan to exhibit any more great whites, as the main purpose of containing them was scientific. As data from captive great whites were no longer needed, the institute has instead shifted its focus to study wild sharks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/white-shark |title=White Shark |publisher=Monterey Bay Aquarium |access-date=21 August 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628011756/https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/white-shark |url-status=live}}</ref>

One of the largest adult great whites ever exhibited was at Japan's [[Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium]] in 2016, where a {{cvt|3.5|m|ft}} male was exhibited for three days before dying.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Great White Shark Dies at Aquarium in Japan |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2016/01/08/great-white-shark-dies-at-japan-aquarium/?mod=e2fb |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |access-date=9 January 2016 |first=Jun |last=Hongo |date=8 January 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110165031/http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2016/01/08/great-white-shark-dies-at-japan-aquarium/?mod=e2fb |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Great white shark dies after three days in Japanese aquarium |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/12086603/Okinawa-Aquarium-showcases-only-great-white-shark-in-captivity-in-the-world.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107142051/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/12086603/Okinawa-Aquarium-showcases-only-great-white-shark-in-captivity-in-the-world.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2016 |website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref> Perhaps the most famous captive was a {{cvt|2.4|m|ft}} female named Sandy, which in August 1980 became the only great white to be housed at the [[California Academy of Sciences]]' [[Steinhart Aquarium]] in [[San Francisco]], California. She was released because she would not eat and constantly bumped against the walls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/white_shark/electroreception.htm |title=Electroreception |publisher=Elasmo-research |access-date=27 September 2006 |archive-date=11 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211140806/http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/white_shark/electroreception.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to the vast amounts of resources required and the subsequent cost to keep a great white shark alive in captivity, their dietary preferences, size, migratory nature, and the stress of capture and containment, permanent exhibition of a great white shark is likely to be unfeasible.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/the-reason-you-never-see-a-great-white-shark-in-an-aquarium#:~:text=Basically%2C%20there%20are%20two%20main%20reasons%20great%20whites,of%20the%20oceans%20no%20matter%20what%20zookeepers%20do. |title=There's a Reason You'll Never See a Great White Shark in an Aquarium |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=6 September 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926020628/https://www.sciencealert.com/the-reason-you-never-see-a-great-white-shark-in-an-aquarium#:~:text=Basically%2C%20there%20are%20two%20main%20reasons%20great%20whites,of%20the%20oceans%20no%20matter%20what%20zookeepers%20do. |url-status=live}}</ref>