Whale Sharks and Fishermen

Nice find on the Fiji Shark Diving blog...fishermen and whale sharks learn to coexist in a region that usually is not safe for these large and gentle animals.  

Shawn Heinrich captured the story in the video below - it speaks to the pros and cons of tourist shark sites / feeding patterns.  It does very much seem like the positive effects far outweighs the negative ones in this case - which would translate to certain death for these whale sharks.

Read Shawn's complete report here

Befriending Giants - Whale Sharks of Oslob from Blue Sphere Media on Vimeo.