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Baleen whale washed ashore at Dona Paula, Goa

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4258/
 
Title Baleen whale washed ashore at Dona Paula, Goa
 
Creator Shetty, C Prakash
Dinesh, C K
Kakati, V S
Sreeram, Miriam Paul
 
Subject Whales
 
Description A baleen whale measuring 12.12 m was found washed ashore on Dona Paula Beach, Goa on 18th June 2008 in a highly putrefied condition. The carcass was towed to deeper waters and disposed off by the Panjim Corporation as the foul smell was a deterrent to tourism at this popular beach.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Cochin
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4258/1/18.pdf
Shetty, C Prakash and Dinesh, C K and Kakati, V S and Sreeram, Miriam Paul (2009) Baleen whale washed ashore at Dona Paula, Goa. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (201). p. 30.