The fishermen themselves have also realized that the whale sharks they are catching are becoming "ever smaller and ever fewer." At a whale shark conservation team meeting at the beginning of this year, the presidents of the set net, tuna and other fishing associations gave their backing to the conservation measures being adopted by the Fisheries Administration.
漁民也意識到豆腐鯊有「越來越小、越來越少」的趨勢，在年初的鯨鯊工作小組會議上，定置網、鮪魚等漁業相關公會理事長就都認同漁業署應採取保護行動。