Whale Shark News From Around The World
Latest articles about whale sharks from around the world. Please note: This is a live feed from Google. ECOCEAN does not take any responsibility for the information in these articles.
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ECOCEAN is a globally recognised, non-government, not-for-profit organization based in Western Australia working towards scientific research, education and conservation of the marine environment. Its flagship species, the whale shark, is the world’s largest fish and an iconic animal for marine conservation.
Ningaloo Whale Shark Population
The Ningaloo Reef is the longest fringing reef in Australia. It stretches 260 kilometres along the west coast of the Cape Range Peninsula, Western Australia, approximately 1200 km north of Perth. It is the only large reef in the world
Testimonials
"Sacrifice bad humans and save beautiful creatures."
Kelly Slater11x World Surf Champion 
"The ocean is the biggest part of our earth, if we can't help them then who knows what will happen"
Mick Fanning3x World Surf Champion 
"In our quest to save the ocean, let's begin by preserving the world's biggest fish"
Tim WintonAuthor 
"We are in trouble as never again, we have a chance to do something about it"
Sylvia EarleOceanographer 
"It's all about loving life"
Erling KaggeExtreme explorer, 1st to conquer South Pole, North Pole & Mt Everest 
"This research & public awareness initiative is vital to the conservation of the whale shark and the protection of the wider marine environment"
Reg MombassaArtist 
"As go the seas and the life they contain, so will we quite likely go"
Kathryn SullivanFirst American women to walk in space 
"The time is now for us to all focus on the plight of our oceans. There are few better flagships for that protection than the biggest fish in the sea - the whale shark"
Gilbert M. GrosvenorFormer president & chairman of the National Geographic Society 