Since 2001, the Wildlife Trust of India has educated fishing communities about whale sharks, once hunted for oil and meat. Fishers are trained in safe disentanglement and provided compensation for damaged nets. More than a thousand whale sharks have been freed from entanglements off India’s west coast.
(c) Jeremiah del Mar

Indische Fischer lernen Walhaie aus ihren Netzen zu retten

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Seit 2001 arbeitet der Wildlife Trust of India mit Fischergemeinden zusammen, um Walhaie zu schützen. Die einst gejagten Meeresriesen werden nun durch geschulte Fischer sicher aus Netzen befreit. Über tausend Walhaie wurden an Indiens Westküste bereits gerettet, wobei Schäden an den Netzen der Fischer ersetzt werden.

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