World’s biggest fish tagged in India

Written by:
Hans Kruit, 30 December 2013

As the year comes to an end, India took another small step towards learning more about the world’s biggest fish - the whale shark. A female whale shark was successfully satellite-tagged on Saturday in order to learn more about the movement and preferences of this gentle giant.

The whale shark tagged this morning was a female, around 18 feet long, informed WTI biologist Prem Jothi, who implanted the tag. It was caught in fishing net, and was released post-tagging. This is the second ever for the country.

source: Indiablooms.com

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