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Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast

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Title Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast
 
Creator Rao, C V Seshagiri
 
Subject Sperm whales
 
Description The Kakinada artisanal gill net fishermen caught a medium sized live male baleen whale at 70 m depth. They towed the whale with the help of two small trawlers into the Kakinada fishing. The presence of about 50 throat grooves, the small dorsal fin markedly curved backwards and the prominent white band over the flippers suggested that the baleen whale was a minke whale belonging to the species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede The animal was estimated to weigh about 8 tonnes. No injuries were observed on the body of the animal except those inflicted by fishermen by beating it with their wooden oars to control its fury and to mitigate the damage to the net harbour.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1991-03
 
Type Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4347/1/Article_06.pdf
Rao, C V Seshagiri (1991) Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 109. pp. 15-16.