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Stranding of whale shark off Madhavpur, Gujarat

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Title Stranding of whale shark off Madhavpur, Gujarat
 
Creator Kumawat, Tarachand
Divu, D
Vase, Vinay Kumar
Sukhdhane, Kapil S
Abdul Azeez, P
Kumar, Rajan
Rahangdale, Shikha
Bloch, F
 
Subject Shark fisheries
Stranding
 
Description A dead male whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was
found off Madhavpur coast, near the fish landing
centre on morning of 28th September, 2017. The
investigations were covered at the joint team of
ICAR-CMFRI and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI),
Veraval, Gujarat. The carcass showed an injury
below the first dorsal fin but cause of its death could
not be ascertained. Some measurements of the
stranded whale shark were recorded before it was
buried
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12895/1/MFIS-233_16.pdf
Kumawat, Tarachand and Divu, D and Vase, Vinay Kumar and Sukhdhane, Kapil S and Abdul Azeez, P and Kumar, Rajan and Rahangdale, Shikha and Bloch, F (2017) Stranding of whale shark off Madhavpur, Gujarat. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (233). pp. 26-27. ISSN 0254-380 X