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Instances of finless black porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides caught in Mandapam region along the Palk Bay coast in Tamil Nadu

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Title Instances of finless black porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides caught in Mandapam region along the Palk Bay coast in Tamil Nadu
 
Creator Nammalwar, P
Lipton, A P
Pillai, S Krishna
Maheswarudu, G
Kasinathan, C
Bose, M
Ramamoorthy, N
Thillairajan, P
 
Subject Porpoises
 
Description The flnless black porpoise, Neophocaena
phocaenoides G. Cuvier is widely distributed in
the Indo-Pacific ranging from Cape of Good Hope
to Japan and China and often known to ascend
the estuaries of larger rivers. In India, this species
is fairly common along the coasts of Bombay,
Madras and Trivandrum. Since, porpoises are
considered as endangered marine mammals,
strict regulations have been imposed by the
Government authorities for their conservation
and management. Incidental catch of porpoises
reported in the west coast is more than in the east
coast of India as may be seen from the published
information. It appears that propoise, Neophocaena
phocaenoides frequents the coastal waters and
gets captured on many occasions. More recently,
incidental catch of porpoises are on the increase
in Mandapam region.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3422/1/Article_12.pdf
Nammalwar, P and Lipton, A P and Pillai, S Krishna and Maheswarudu, G and Kasinathan, C and Bose, M and Ramamoorthy, N and Thillairajan, P (1994) Instances of finless black porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides caught in Mandapam region along the Palk Bay coast in Tamil Nadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 127. pp. 16-17.