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.
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Indian fishers trained to save whale sharks from nets

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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.

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