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Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour

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Title Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour
 
Creator Sunil, P V
Sijo Paul,
 
Subject Ray fisheries
 
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.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier 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