The world's largest recorded whale shark was caught by Taiwanese fishermen, and Taiwanese zoologists were the first in the world to describe whale shark reproduction in detail. But with Taiwanese people's passion for seafood, whale shark meat has also become sought after for the dining table, and the sharks 'numbers have drastically declined.
台灣漁民曾捕獲全世界最長的豆腐鯊、學界更記錄了全球首次的母豆腐鯊生殖報告，但在台灣人嗜食海鮮的熱潮中，豆腐鯊也成為桌上美食，數量銳減。