RAISING WHALE SHARKS IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ
Baja California Sur, Mexico. 2020.
Tucked away in a calm bay in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, large numbers of juvenile whale sharks spend their growing years here, re-entering the open ocean as sexually mature adults.
The reason they stick around this area for so long is the abundance of plankton, their primary food source. Being one of the windiest areas in Mexico, strong gusts concentrate the plankton in several bays along the Baja shoreline, providing a nutrient-rich home for hungry, growing whale sharks.
