WTI Monitors Migratory Movement of Satellite-tagged Whale Shark for over 100 Days
An interactive trail map showing the whale shark’s migratory path. (Use the controls on the map to play/pause or zoom in/out.) Sutrapada, Gujarat, February 27, 2017: The migratory path of a male whale shark that had been satellite-tagged off the Saurashtra coast in November 2017 under the Whale Shark Conservation […] Read more »
Whale Shark Awareness Campaign Makes Waves at Cochin Carnival
Cochin, January 1, 2018: As the 40-foot inflatable whale shark traversed the two-kilometre stretch from Veli Ground to Parade Ground in Fort Kochi, it provoked a palpable a sense of awe and wonder among the nearly two lakh people who had gathered. Read more »
Schoolchildren, Fishing Communities Headline WTI’s Gujarat Whale Shark Day Celebrations
Dhamlej, Gujarat, November 22, 2017: The coastal communities of Gujarat observed ‘Vhali Utsav’ or ‘Whale Shark Day’ on November 18. A one-day awareness seminar on whale shark conservation in India was organised at the Shri Dhaumya Primary School on the occasion. Read more »
Eighth Whale Shark Satellite Tagged Under the Gujarat Whale Shark Conservation Project
Sutrapada, Gujarat, November 12, 2017: A male whale shark, 22 feet long, was satellite tagged by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) field personnel in the coastal waters off the fishing village of Sutrapada on the Saurashtra coast yesterday. Read more »
Gir Somnath District, Gujarat, August 31, 2017: WTI, working in concert with the Gujarat Forest Department and with the support of Tata Chemicals Ltd and the Saurashtra fishing community, organised a celebratory event at Somnath on the occasion of International Whale Shark Day. Read more »
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 »
Whale Shark Project Tableau Awarded 2nd Prize in Independence Day Celebrations at Sutrapada
Gir Somnath District, Gujarat, August 18, 2017: As part of the celebrations to mark India’s 71st Independence Day on August 15, the Gir Somnath District Administration organised an event at Sutrapada, a prominent fishing village on the Gujarat coast. 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 »
WHALE SHARK CONSERVATION PROJECT
A pioneering and widely-acclaimed project that has stopped the widespread slaughter of whale sharks along the Gujarat coast and turned local fishing communities into staunch protectors of the world's largest fish. Read more »
