Sunil, P V and Sijo Paul (2015) Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (225). p. 21. ISSN 0254-380 X
|
Text
225-8.pdf Download (175kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Manta rays that belongs to the family Mobulidae occurs in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. A large Giant manta ray, Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) was landed at Needakara Fisheries Harbour on 12.05.2015. The ray was 370 cm in length and weighed 1100 kg. The information collected from the fishermen indicated that it was incidentally caught in a 12 m OAL outboard (9.9 hp x 2 engines) gillnet unit. The drift gill net called Ozhukkuvala (70-80 mm mesh size, 200 m long) was operated at about 44 m depths. Along with the manta ray, Coryphaena hippurus, Istiophorus platypterus, Scomberomorus commerson, Mobula spp. and Auxis thazard were also landed.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Giant Manta Ray; Manta birostris; Neendakara Fisheries Harbour |
| Subjects: | Demersal Fishes > Ray fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Fishery Resources Assessment Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2016 04:38 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2017 09:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10964 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
