Rao, C V Seshagiri (1991) Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 109. pp. 15-16.
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Abstract
The Kakinada artisanal gill net fishermen caught a medium sized live male baleen whale at 70 m depth. They towed the whale with the help of two small trawlers into the Kakinada fishing. The presence of about 50 throat grooves, the small dorsal fin markedly curved backwards and the prominent white band over the flippers suggested that the baleen whale was a minke whale belonging to the species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede The animal was estimated to weigh about 8 tonnes. No injuries were observed on the body of the animal except those inflicted by fishermen by beating it with their wooden oars to control its fury and to mitigate the damage to the net harbour.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede; Kakinada |
| Subjects: | Marine Mammals > Sperm whales |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kakinada |
| Depositing User: | Users 132 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2010 08:32 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/4347 |
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