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January 21, 2015

Biggest fish in the ocean receives international protection
Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 21, 2015
Whale sharks are among the largest living fish in the world - weighing up to 40,000 pounds and 40 feet in length. They are also so docile that humans often swim with them without concern, snapping photographs of their incredible size. But it is exactly their enormous bulk that had an international commission adopt restrictions protecting them from impacts associated with the international tuna purse seine fishing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). Commercial fishermen have known for some ti ... read more

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