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Old 06/27/2007, 07:51 PM
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loosecannon,

Those whale sharks were part of Taiwan's annual quota for catching whale sharks. They were not in addition to the quota, but merely sold to the aquarium vs. being sold to the food market. Had the aquarium not brought them, they would have died for sure. In this case, the aquarium tried to keep them alive, but unfortunately those two had an adverse reaction to the drug used to remove parasites that they were infected with. Having a legal fishery with quota's for whale sharks is another discussion entirely.
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