00:05giant whale shark highlights urgent need for ocean conservation a 60-foot whale shark crossed the
00:11pacific like a moving reef the pacific ocean holds blue water plankton clouds cargo ships and whale
00:17sharks feeding near warm tropical currents a whale shark measuring about 60 feet swam through
00:23pacific water far longer than the roughly 40-foot whale shark most divers expect the giant rinkodon
00:29typus opened its wide mouth and filtered plankton while camera footage showed it spotted back moving
00:34below the surface marine researchers watched the record-sized whale shark because extreme body
00:39length can reveal clues about age food supply and migration whale sharks glide slowly near coastlines
00:45but cargo ships and fast vessels can strike their broad backs before crews even notice global whale
00:51shark numbers have dropped by more than half over 75 years and the iucn lists rinkodon typus as
00:57endangered pacific bluefin tuna once crashed by more than 96 percent but fishing limits and
01:02international rules help their numbers begin recovering large marine protected areas in the
01:06pacific and indian oceans have boosted nearby tuna catches by 12 to 18 percent in one major science
01:11study scientists say protected corridors could guide whale sharks past feeding zones breeding routes fishing
01:16lines and crowded shipping lanes one giant fish in the pacific does more than break a size record
01:21it shows how much blue water still needs guarding when a 60-foot whale shark vanishes under the waves
01:27the ocean loses both a giant body and a warning sign
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