I see so many negative comments here, but they are missing the point. "You are advocating for whalesharks, so you need to advocate for XYZ" - that's wrong. She's just talking about this particular issue in this particular place. She did not tell you what to do but is telling you why SHE didn't do it, and she said several times that other places might be okay to do it at. Thanks Ally, for educating us on this, I wouldn't have known!