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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
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Creator Das,Thakur
Katkar,B N
Sundaram,Sujit
Chavan,B B
 
Subject Accidental capture
landing
whale shark
Rhincodon typus
tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
 
Description Not Available
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.
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Date 2021-09-16T04:34:55Z
2021-09-16T04:34:55Z
2010
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/62582
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi