Whale shark towed out near St Helena Bay
Mluleki Mrwebi
05 April 2014
NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said on arrival on-scene an approximately 5 to 6 meter Whale Shark was found in shallow water adjacent to the Stompneus Bay harbour appearing to be weak and in distress.
The National Sea Rescue Institute in
Mykonos and volunteer sea
rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a Whale Shark appearing to
be in distress at Stompneus Bay
harbour, near to St Helena Bay .
NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said on arrival on-scene an approximately 5 to 6 meter Whale Shark was found in shallow water adjacent to the Stompneus Bay harbour appearing to be weak and in distress.
Lambinon said with guidance from the
Department of Environment - Oceans and Coasts the NSRI Mykonos volunteers and
the volunteers of HOW Wildlife Rescue attempted to coax the Whale Shark out to
sea and finding the Whale Shark appearing to be too weak to respond the NSRI
sea rescue craft and ropes were used to gently pull the Whale Shark into deeper
water where once in open water the Whale Shark appeared to respond more
positively and it was released.
“NSRI Mykonos and HOW Wildlife
Rescue are cautiously optimistic that the Whale Shark has survived. By
19h00 when it was finally released to open water the Whale Shark appeared to be
swimming with more confidence.” he added
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