Taiwan To Ban Whale Shark Consumption Trade By 2008
May 23, 2007 @ 08:59 AM (EST)
Source: Asiadivesite.com
Taiwan will ban the harvest and sale of whale sharks beginning in 2008, a decision that could have repercussions at the Georgia Aquarium and other facilities where the world's largest fish are displayed.
"From the beginning of next year there will be a total ban on catching and selling whale sharks and whale shark meat," Lan Wei-tern, a spokesman for Taiwan's Fisheries Agency, said Monday...
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