02043cam a2200397 i 4500 441542684 TxGeo 20201008120000.0 180813s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018038332 9781541510418 hbk. 1541510410 hbk. (OCoLC)1049576292 TxGeo rda Markle, Sandra. The great shark rescue : saving the whale sharks / Sandra Markle. Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2020. 48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 x 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index. Presents the story of whale sharks-- the largest fish on the planet. Facing threats from commercial fishing as well as climate change, they were categorized as endangered in 2016. Despite the marine sanctuaries set aside to protect whale sharks, their population is still decreasing. These gentle giants may be accidentally caught in fishing nets, fished by poachers, or hit by a ship's propeller. But new conservation methods, which include enlisting volunteers to spot them as well as tagging and remotely following them--are giving experts hope. Can volunteers and scientists help save the world's biggest fish before it's too late? -- (source of summary not specified.) 20201008. Whale shark. Sharks Conservation. Sharks. Endangered species Conservation. QS5