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First report on the occurrence of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) in commercial landings along the east coast of India

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Title First report on the occurrence of the silky shark, Carcharhinus
falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) in commercial landings
along the east coast of India
 
Creator Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe
Muktha, M
Das, Madhumita
Gomathy, S
Yousuf, K S S M
 
Subject New record
Shark fisheries
 
Description Silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller &
Henle, 1839) are large oceanic sharks, known to be
circumtropical in distribution, occurring mostly in
the subtropics between 40æ%N and 40æ%S. They are
highly migratory, known to inhabit continental and
insular shelves and slopes, deep water reefs, and
the open sea. They are also occasionally sighted in
inshore waters. They are solitary in nature and are
often found near schools of tuna, increasing the
chances of forming a bycatch of tuna fisheries. These
sharks have been reported in the fishery only along
the southwest coast of India, and were recorded in
small numbers at Cochin during 2000-2002. In 2010
however, this species formed about 16.3% of the shark
landings at Cochin. In spite of this, these sharks have
not formed a fishery along the east coast.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9621/1/21.pdf
Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Muktha, M and Das, Madhumita and Gomathy, S and Yousuf, K S S M (2013) First report on the occurrence of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) in commercial landings along the east coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). p. 26.