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On a young sea cow killed at Periapatnam, Gulf of Mannar

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Title On a young sea cow killed at Periapatnam, Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Pillai, S Krishna
Badrudeen, M
 
Subject Sea cow
 
Description A young dugong was killed by the fishermen of Periapatnam in the inshore waters of Gulf of Mannar (depth 2 m, distance from the shore 2 km) near periapatnam. It weighed about 60 kg and had a total length of 155 cm. Meat was sold at Rs. 30.00 per kg in Periapatnam. The Dugong measuring 155 cm killed at Periapatnam, would have taken about five and a half years to attain that size.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1991-02
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4607/1/Article_12.pdf
Pillai, S Krishna and Badrudeen, M (1991) On a young sea cow killed at Periapatnam, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 108. p. 17.