The Maldives and the whale shark: World's biggest fish adds value to paradise
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 05:02
in Biology & Nature
They are the largest fish in the world but the impact of this majestic and charismatic animal on the economy of the island nation of the Maldives was largely unknown. A new study reveals that a small group of whale sharks in a single Maldivian Atoll accounts for nearly 3 percent of the global shark ecotourism and nearly half that of the Maldives'.