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First report on the philopatric migration of bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas in the Pulicut lagoon

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Title First report on the philopatric migration of bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas in the Pulicut lagoon
 
Creator Batcha, Hameed
Reddy, P Sita Rami
 
Subject New record
Shark fisheries
Migration
 
Description Bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas were captured by a modified gillnet, made of cotton twine from Pulicat lagoon during 2005-06. The bull sharks exhibit unique philopatric behaviour in the lagoon for parturition. The four specimens caught were all pregnant. The value of the sharks ranged from Rs. 20000-22000.
 
Publisher CMFRI, Kochi
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3512/1/23.pdf
Batcha, Hameed and Reddy, P Sita Rami (2007) First report on the philopatric migration of bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas in the Pulicut lagoon. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 191. p. 30.