 The hardnose shark is fished for meat throughout its range and, given its low reproductive rate, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it as Near Threatened.The hardnose shark was described by German biologists Johannes Müller and Jakob Henle in their 1839 "Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen".They named it "Carcharias (Hypoprion) macloti" in honour of Heinrich Christian Macklot, who collected the type specimen from New Guinea.