DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The population of whale sharks in Tanzania's Mafia Island Marine Park, the only home for the whale sharks in the East African nation, has increased to 206 in December 2019 from about 100 in 2012, according to a report published on Thursday by the WWF Tanzania.
The report published in WWF Tanzania's Conservation Bulletin said the increase followed an effective conservation jointly implemented by WWF and the government of Tanzania.
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