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Whale Shark being purchased for Georgia Aquarium?
ATLANTA - I am based on a small island in the Caribbean it is called Utila, it is in the Bay Islands in Honduras. I own a resort and dive operation here, http://www.deepblueutila.com/ http://www.deepblueutila.com/) I am originally from England, one of the reason I moved here was to start a research project on Whale Sharks. I have been working closely with them for the last four years, and am in contact with other Whale Shark experts all around the world. We have been informed that the new Georgia Aquarium is going to be purchasing a Whale Shark to put on display, this is terrible. These are the largest fish in the ocean, they can grow to a length of over 40ft, Japan has already killed 16 by putting them in aquariums. Do not tell everyone that this is for research purposes because what has already been found out about Whale Sharks is that they do not grow at the same rate in an aquarium, they cannot feed naturally, or swim naturally so what is there left to find out, this is just a money making scheme. A Whale Shark is a highly migrationary creature one has been tagged with a satellite tag and was tracked over 13,000 kilometres, what are we doing putting this in an aquarium? If you would like more information on this please contact me ….this must be stopped. All research agencies struggle for money to do investigations into creatures like this surely, the money that the Georgia Aquarium is spending to put one on show would be better spent on research activities in the wild. I have just spent the last 2 months swimming with Whale Sharks in their migration past the island, this is a much better way to see them. S. Fox <--> |
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