Cochin, August 30, 2017: WTI and Cochin Shipyard Ltd have announced the launch of a massive awareness campaign targeted at coastal communities and aimed at securing a safer future for whale sharks off the coasts of Kerala and Lakshadweep. Read more »
Sutrapada, Gujarat, August 08, 2017: The migratory path of a female whale shark satellite-tagged under WTI's Whale Shark Conservation Project has now been monitored via satellite for over 200 days. Read more »
Whale Shark Conservation Project
This video by Tata Chemicals Ltd, our partner in the Whale Shark Conservation Project in Gujarat, shows how we’ve worked since 2004 to transform local fishing communities that once ruthlessly hunted the whale shark along the Saurasthra coast, into staunch and proud protectors of the world’s largest fish. Help us […] Read more »
Sutrapada, Gujarat, February 22, 2017: A neonatal whale shark was rescued by a local fisherman in the coastal waters off the fishing village of Sutrapada on the morning of February 18. This self-documented rescue was the fifth encounter with whale shark pups recorded under the Whale Shark Conservation Project Read more »
MITHAPUR CORAL REEF RECOVERY PROJECT
Launched in 2008, the Coral Reef Recovery Project seeks to develop and implement appropriate strategies for the conservation of the Mithapur Reef, situated 12 kilometres south of the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat. Read more »
Scientists, Fishing Communities Come Together to Conserve the Mithapur Coral Reef
Bhimrana, Gujarat, February 02, 2017: In order to build awareness about the importance of coral reef ecosystems and create a sense of involvement in coral reef conservation among local fishing communities, Wildlife Trust of India organised a community awareness programme at the fishing village of Bhimrana Read more »
Sutrapada, Gujarat, December 30, 2016: A female whale shark was satellite tagged by WTI field personnel at 10.35am today, in the coastal waters off the fishing village of Sutrapada. Read more »
Gujarat’s Gentle Giant: Conservation of Whale Shark (Rhincodon Typus)
This Conservation Action Series report documents the Whale Shark Conservation Project by WTI, Tata Chemicals Limited and the Gujarat Forest Department, which turned Gujarat’s whale shark hunters into its protectors. The species’ ecological requirements, scientific studies undertaken as part of the project, the pioneering self documentation scheme for whale shark […] Read more »
Daring to Restore: Coral Reef Recovery in Mithapur
This Conservation Action Series report documents the Mithapur Coral Reef Recovery Project, launched in 2008 by WTI, Tata Chemicals Ltd and the Gujarat Forest Department. The project includes a first-of-its-kind transplantation of coral species (Acropora humilis) from Lakshwadeep to Mithapur, where they were locally extinct. Read more »
Turning the Tide: The Campaign to save the whale shark in Gujarat
At the turn of the century, the world’s largest fish, the whale shark, was being slaughtered commercially in large numbers along the coast of Gujarat. The Whale Shark Conservation Project by WTI, Tata Chemicals Limited and the Gujarat Forest Department has turned Gujarat’s whale shark hunters into its protectors. This […] Read more »
