New data published early this year by National Taiwan Ocean University shows that over the last five years, the average number of whale shark landed in Taiwan each year has remained at around 80, which is only a third of past numbers.
海洋大學今年初發佈的最新資料顯示，最近五年，台灣每年捕獲的鯨鯊平均維持八十隻左右，只有過去的三分之一。