YTN News: Whale shark caught off South Korea’s east coast

Video uploaded by ‘ytnnews24’ on 15. September 2014:

This whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was found entangled in a fishing net ca. 3.6 km off Samcheok in Gangwon-do Province, South Korea. It is reported that the 5 metre shark was discarded by the fishing crew.