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A pod of Omura’s whale (Balaenoptera omurai) sighted live off Karwar in the EEZ of India

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Title A pod of Omura’s whale (Balaenoptera omurai) sighted live off Karwar in the EEZ of India
 
Creator Harshavardhan Joshi
Dewanand Uikey
Ankita Mishra
Ashok Kadam
R. Jeyabaskaran
 
Description This study documents the presence of a live population of Balaenoptera omurai (Omura's whale) in the inshore waters of Arabian Sea sighted during our exploratory purse seining operation conducted at latitude 14° 51.264' N / longitude 073 57.417' E on 22 May, 2023 in the afternoon at around 1600 h. The pod of three baleen whales consisting of a calf and two adults were spotted in shallow waters (30 m), 15 km away from the coast of Karwar (Karnataka). The presence of a weaning calf suggests that this region is a nursing ground for Balaenoptera omurai (Omura's whale). This report fills the literature gap thereby providing photographic and videographic evidence of Omura's whale in the western Indian Ocean.
 
Publisher Indian Fisheries Association
 
Date 2023-07-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JIFA/article/view/155341
 
Source Journal of Indian Fisheries Association; Vol. 50 No. 3 (2023): Journal of Indian Fisheries Association
0972-3854
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JIFA/article/view/155341/55561
 
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