It is worth mentioning that in 2001 Taiwan set up a whale shark catch reporting system and has implemented controls on the overall number of the sharks that can be taken, with a quota being set each year.
值得一提的是，台灣自 2001 年起建立漁獲通報制度，並實施鯨鯊漁獲總量管制，每年訂有漁獲配額。