(MCT) — SAN JOSE, Calif. — They’ve been called everything from killing machines to misunderstood predators who are key to healthy ocean environments. Now great white sharks may be called something else: endangered.

California’s Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday will decide whether to take the first steps to add the ocean’s most storied marine predator to the state endangered species list. Meanwhile, the National Marine Fisheries Service is expected to decide this summer whether to include great whites on the federal endangered list.