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Dolphin killed by the propeller of a trawler

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3428/
 
Title Dolphin killed by the propeller of a trawler
 
Creator Pillai, S Krishna
Lipton, A P
 
Subject Marine Mammals
Dolphins
 
Description The dolphins occur commonly near Mandapam In the Gulf
of Mannar. Several instances of their getting caught accidentally
in gill nets, trawl nets and their occasional strandings in
Mandapam and nearby places have been reported earlier.On 10-4-1991 a male dolphin [Delphinus delphis)
with caudal peduncle and flukes severed probably by the
propeller of a trawler was washed ashore near the Indo-
Norwegian project Jetty at Mandapam.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1996
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3428/1/Article_05.pdf
Pillai, S Krishna and Lipton, A P (1996) Dolphin killed by the propeller of a trawler. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 141. p. 18.