A 1997 report on whale shark ecotourism on the coast of Western Australia describes at length all kinds of assessment measures and rules for "close encounters" with whale sharks, such as limiting the number of boats that may approach the sharks when they visit the area each autumn, to avoid injuring them.
翻開一九九七年西澳海岸鯨鯊生態旅遊報告，洋洋灑灑，寫滿「與鯊共舞」的各種評估與規範條文，比如每年秋天鯨鯊回到西澳，西澳海域汽艇的出入應控制在多少數量，才不至於傷害鯨鯊。