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.

Maldives is a step closer to protecting whale sharks

Photo by Wolfgang Leander

The Maldives have moved closer to protecting the whale sharks in their area in an initiative spearheaded by the government in cooperation with scientists, diving professionals, and representatives of the local community...may become a working model for other shark diving hot spots such as Aliwal Shoal and The Bahamas.

Ningaloo Whale Sharks under threat

Another petition - this one is in reference to whale sharks being under threat do to a salt mine in the Nigaloo reef area.

http://www.haltthesalt.org.au/hts_submission/hts_submission.php

Just take about 10 secs of your time.

Thanks