The awareness campaign to release the protected species that get entangled into the nets of fishermen seems to be working in favour of the species as in the past year, fishermen from Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have rescued four whale sharks and have released them back into the sea. A video of an incident that took place at the end of last month went viral in which it can be seen that fishermen released back an 18-20-feet-long whale shark back into the sea.

Confirming the same Ganesh Nakhwa, President of Maharashtra Purse Seine Fishing Welfare Association said, "A few of days ago, one of the fishermen from Alibaug sent me a video where they saved the life of an 18-20-feet-long whale shark that was entangled in the fishing net."
The fishermen from Alibag area were in the deep sea at around 50 nautical miles when they realized that a huge whale shark was entangled in the fishing net. Without wasting any time the members cut the fishing net and safely released back the marine creature into the sea.