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Large Tooth sawfish landed at Malpe Harbour, Karnataka

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Title Large Tooth sawfish landed at
Malpe Harbour, Karnataka
 
Creator CMFRI, Mangalore
 
Subject Fish landing
 
Description The large tooth sawfish Pristis
microdon of the family Pristidae of
Elasmobranch was accidentally caught in
trawl net at Malpe Karnataka. The fish
weighed about 800kg. This fish is included
in the IUCN list and MoEF ban list.
Generally the fishermen in Karnataka avoid
catching sawfish as it destroys their nets and
is considered as a badus omen.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6190/1/Saw_fish.pdf
CMFRI, Mangalore (2013) Large Tooth sawfish landed at Malpe Harbour, Karnataka. CMFRI Newsletter (217). p. 15.