Complex sentence: The IUCN lists the whitecheek shark as Near Threatened in its Red List of Threatened Species because it is often caught in shallow-water fisheries by rod and line, gillnetting, and trawling.
Split into simpler sentences: The IUCN lists the whitecheek shark as "Near Threatened" in its Red List of Threatened Species. This is because it is often caught in shallow-water fisheries by rod and line, gillnetting and trawling.