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.

Shark Fins make it big

Story on shark finning makes homepage on CNN.com with the editorial on how the practice can alter the ecosystem. Be sure not to miss Planet in Peril on December 11th 9PM EST - report...also check out Anderson Cooper's blog post.

Shout out to Shawn Heinrichs of BlueSphereMedia who has been involved with this.