The crew of a fishing boat in Indonesia came to the rescue of a whale shark that managed to get itself entangled in a net.<br /><br />Filmed on Thursday (June 6), the fishermen can be seen cutting the netting from around the shark's tail setting it free.<br /><br />The fishing boat is based at the Tumumpa Beach Fisheries Port of Manado, Indonesia.<br /><br />Lams Lahengkang, the captain of the fishing vessel, said: "When we released the net there was a crew member who was in the water shouting that there was a big fish."<br /><br />Initially, did not know what kind of fish was entangled. They tried to pull it to the surface of the sea and it turned out to be a whale shark.<br /><br />"I asked to be released immediately because I knew that the fish was protected," Lahengkang said.<br /><br />The whale shark is one of the protected species of fish in Indonesia.
