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Large size Giant devil rays landed at Chennai

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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8656/
 
Title Large size Giant devil rays landed at Chennai
 
Creator Batcha, Hameed
Rajapackiam, S
Subramanian, S
 
Subject Ray fisheries
 
Description On 04-06-2011, three numbers of
large-sized (DW 410-475mm)
Giant Devil Ray Manta birostris were
landed by gillnet at Chennai Fisheries
Harbour. The weight ranged from 650
kg to 1000 kg. The rays were sold for Rs
10200/-, Rs16400/- and Rs 22600/-. On
09-06-2011, six numbers of the same
species were landed by gillnet and these
rays were totally auctioned for about Rs
100000/-. The rays were priced high due
to the high value of their gill rakers.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16226/1/CMFRI_NL_2011_129_12_2.pdf
Batcha, Hameed and Rajapackiam, S and Subramanian, S (2011) Large size Giant devil rays landed at Chennai. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (129). p. 12.