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On the capture of a bottle nose dolphin off Kakinada

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2999/
 
Title On the capture of a bottle nose
dolphin off Kakinada
 
Creator Venkataramana, P
Achayya, P
 
Subject Dolphins
 
Description A female bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
having a total length of 245 cm was caught on 7-7-'97
by a motorised gill net unit operated off Kakinada at a
depth of 30 m. The dolphin fetched a price of Rs.800/-
as there was great demand for its flesh for use as bait
in the hooks and line fishery for sharks and tunas
 
Publisher CMFRI, Cochin
 
Date 1998
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2999/1/Article_09.pdf
Venkataramana, P and Achayya, P (1998) On the capture of a bottle nose dolphin off Kakinada. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 155. p. 20.