Huge Whale Shark Caught by Chinese Fishermen in Fujian Province

chinese fisherman Cai Chengzu claims he didn't know the 16-foot-long monster was endangered, and was planning to sell it at market. While on a fishing trip Cai pulled in his net on Friday to discover a giant fish weighting two tonnes thrashing around, trying to escape.
The fisherman from Xianghzhi in the far-eastern province of Fujian, said that he and his colleagues were lifting the net out of the ocean when they realised that something had caused a huge rip in it.
In an interview with News 163 the fisherman said: "It's believed that the giant creature broke the net and got inside to eat the fish we caught."
Chengzu claims that the whale shark frantically to escape the net but died soon afterwards, and he decided to take it to the fishing harbour with the rest of his catch.
He reportedly planned to sell the huge fish for around 20,000 yuan (£2,000) at the wholesale market in Xiangzhi. However, his plan was thwarted when officials from the Fujian fisheries department halted the sale.read more