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On a juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus caught off Kayalpatnam (Gulf of Mannar)

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Title On a juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus
caught off Kayalpatnam (Gulf of Mannar)
 
Creator Rajapackiam, S
Ameer Hamsa, K M S
Balasubramanian, T S
Mohamad Kasim, H
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Shark fisheries
 
Description Stray individuals of the Whale shark
Rhincodon typus (Smith) are caught occasionally
along the Gulf of Mannar coast. On 15th April
1993 a male whale shark measuring 3.8 m and
weighing approximately 650 kg got entangled in
'Paruvalai' (Nylon drift gill net, mesh size : 115
- 170 mm) operated at a depth of 40 m off
Kayalpatnam during the early hours of the day.
The shark was towed ashore with the help of
neighbouring crew. Locally this sahrk is known
as 'Ammuni uluvai'. Since the meat is unpalatable
and the fins does not fetch any fair price,
it was auctioned for a very low price of
Rs. 300/-.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3361/1/Article_09.pdf
Rajapackiam, S and Ameer Hamsa, K M S and Balasubramanian, T S and Mohamad Kasim, H (1994) On a juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus caught off Kayalpatnam (Gulf of Mannar). Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 127. pp. 14-15.