Re: Conservation of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef July 17, 2006
Re: Conservation of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef - Western …
… There were 8 boats and every one was moving in fast to “drop”
their guests so they could watch the whale shark. …
Without protection from abuse, divers may actually chase off whale sharks from their existing feeding grounds, denying the experience of a whale shark encounter to future diver. …
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- Apr 29, 02:03pm by Marco van Berkel - 2 message - 2 author
Ban whale shark hunting! July 16, 2006
Whale shark hunting has been banned in Taiwan - but only for the rest of
2006.
This is a great development in one of the main locations where whale shark
hunting continues, but it’s still permitted in 2007 and beyond. Most
countries have stopped legalised killing of this threatened species.
International pressure is needed to make this as global ban.
Please air your views / send through comments.
Taiwan Cuts Whale Shark Hunt July 15, 2006
FiNS Magazine - Singapore
The Fisheries Administration under the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan
sets a limit on the number of whale sharks Taiwanese fishermen can hunt
each year. …
In the Media July 8, 2006
POSTED: 7:47 pm EDT July 5, 2006
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Glynn County teacher got an up-close lesson on marine life that she could take back to her students.
Melissa Allen got a chance to swim with massive whale sharks in Australia, and the whole experience was caught on tape.
During the school year, Allen can be found inside the Media Center at Glynn Academy teaching kids. However, a few weeks ago, she was the student; the ocean was the classroom; and sharks were the subject.
“It was so overwhelming,” Allen said.
After receiving a grant from a conservation group called Earthwatch, and with the …
Whale Shark Googled July 7, 2006
Google Earth is an awesome tool. Sometimes the unexpected happens, like finding a whale shark just off the coast of Western Australia’s Northwest Cape, near Tantabiddi. The image appears to have been acquired in April 2005. To see for yourself check out the placemark.
Successful season draws to a close at Ningaloo
The 2006 whale shark season at Ningaloo is winding down, with the previous
week producing few sharks. July is usually the tail of the ’season’, which
has extended from early April. Many of the whale sharks visiting the region
had been seen on more than one day in 2006 - confirmed using the ECOCEAN
Whale Shark Photo-identification Library. Overall, there was great support
for the community-monitoring program from the ecotourism industry at
Ningaloo and the tourists who made the trip to Exmouth and Coral Bay to swim
with the largest fish in the seas.
Explore Whale Sharks with Technorati July 3, 2006
A great way to see who is logging what about whale sharks is the new
Explore function of Technorati.
Go to http://www.technorati.com/explore/ and type in the box: “whale
sharks”, then click Explore…