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Accidental capture and landing of whale shark, Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) and tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron and Le Sueur, 1822) by trawlers at New Ferry Wharf, Mumbai

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Title Accidental capture and landing of whale shark, Rhincodon typus
(Smith, 1828) and tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron and
Le Sueur, 1822) by trawlers at New Ferry Wharf, Mumbai
 
Creator Das, Thakur
Sundaram, Sujit
Katkar, B N
Chavan, B B
 
Subject Fish landing
Shark fisheries
 
Description Rhincodon typus commonly known as whale
shark is a pelagic species. Though whale shark is
the largest fish, it mainly feeds on plankton. They
are locally called as ‘dev mushi’ or ‘bhari’ in
Maharashtra. Whale shark is listed as an endangered
species by the International Union for Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN Red List,
2000) and is also included in the Appendix II of
CITES since 2003.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2010
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8452/1/Thakur.pdf
Das, Thakur and Sundaram, Sujit and Katkar, B N and Chavan, B B (2010) Accidental capture and landing of whale shark, Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) and tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron and Le Sueur, 1822) by trawlers at New Ferry Wharf, Mumbai. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series, 205. pp. 17-19.