International whale shark day

A day for promoting the study and preservation of the largest fish in the world. They feed on plankton and travel large distances to find enough food to sustain their huge size, and to reproduce, in fact, the distribution of whale sharks indicates the presence of plankton and the overall health of our oceans. Their white spotted colouration makes these gentle giants easy to distinguish, and popular with snorkelers and divers at sites where they aggregate off the coast. Unfortunately, whale sharks are in decline in some areas due to overfishing, bycatch, and habitat destruction.