Although nonetheless abundant in pristine websites, gray reef sharks are prone to localized depletion as a result of their slow reproductive price, specific habitat necessities, and tendency to stay within a certain space. The IUCN has assessed the grey reef shark as Near Threatened; this shark is taken by multispecies fisheries in many components of its range and used for numerous merchandise such as shark fin soup and fishmeal.
Well "common" is an exaggeration as many Red Sea shark populations are in decline and endangered but if you are lucky enough to see a shark, the relatively more numerous Red Sea species include oceanic whitetip, scalloped hammerhead, silkly shark, silvertip shark, tiger shark, whale shark, whitetip reef shark, zebra