有几个水族馆世界各地, 其中包括在格鲁吉亚, 那房子鲸鲨, 海中最大的鱼. 但没有一个有大白鲨展出. 水族馆有拨了数十次的 1970 年代以来试图显示圈养的大白鲨. 大部分的这些尝试告终死鲨鱼. 由本世纪初, 仍在努力的唯一组是蒙特利湾水族馆, 这花了十年规划其噬人鲨程序. 2004年, 它获得了一条鲨鱼，成为第一个在圈养中存活超过 16 天的大白鲨. 事实上, 它是展出超过六个月之前它被释放回大海. 在随后的几年中, 蒙特利湾水族馆在 2011 年结束该项目之前，又接待了五只幼年大白鲨进行临时逗留. 它是一种昂贵的努力和已经受到批评一些鲨鱼的开发油箱里的伤. 这些批评者的回应, 乔恩Hoech, 水族馆的畜牧业运营总监, 说︰: “We believe strongly that putting people face to face with live animals like this is very significant in inspiring ocean conservation and connecting people to the ocean environment. We feel like white sharks face a significant threats out in the wild and our ability to bring awareness to that is significant in terms of encouraging people to become ocean stewards.” Check out the video above to learn why white sharks are so difficult to keep in captivity and how the Monterey Bay Aquarium designed a program that could keep them alive.