To stop Taiwan from being branded by the international conservation community as an evil island that eats the whale shark, the Council of Agriculture announced on May 24, 2007 that from 2008 there would be a total ban on taking whale shark.
為了不讓台灣被國際保育界繼續冠上吃鯨鯊的惡島之名，今年 5 月 24 日農委會宣布，2008 年起將全面禁止捕撈鯨鯊。