Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10964/
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Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour
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Sunil, P V
Sijo Paul, |
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Ray fisheries
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Description |
Manta rays that belongs to the family Mobulidae occurs in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. A large Giant manta ray, Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) was landed at Needakara Fisheries Harbour on 12.05.2015. The ray was 370 cm in length and weighed 1100 kg. The information collected from the fishermen indicated that it was incidentally caught in a 12 m OAL outboard (9.9 hp x 2 engines) gillnet unit. The drift gill net called Ozhukkuvala (70-80 mm mesh size, 200 m long) was operated at about 44 m depths. Along with the manta ray, Coryphaena hippurus, Istiophorus platypterus, Scomberomorus commerson, Mobula spp. and Auxis thazard were also landed. |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2015
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Article
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text
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10964/1/225-8.pdf
Sunil, P V and Sijo Paul, (2015) Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (225). p. 21. ISSN 0254-380 X |
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