Dubai Could Become A Monitoring Station For Whale Sharks
November 12, 2006 @ 01:24 PM (EST)
Source: Gulfnews.com
After recent sightings of whale sharks this year in Dubai Marina, the Emirates Diving Association flew to Seychelles for an up-close encounter with the massive species to study monitoring methods.
Dubai could become a monitoring station for whale sharks to allow scientists to observe their movements, said Brad Norman, a founder of Ecocean, who runs a whale shark photo-ID library, during an Emirates Diving Association (EDA) lecture last year...
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