Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus landed at Mangamaripeta, north of Visakhapatnam

Mohanraj, G and Somaraju, M V and Rao, C V Seshagiri (1995) Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus landed at Mangamaripeta, north of Visakhapatnam. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 137. p. 17.

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Abstract

A live male Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus locally called "papper meenu" measuring 12.17 m in total length was entangled accidentally on 9th May 1994 in a synthetic drift gillnet operated by a mechanised-cum-sail craft at a depth of 50 metres off Mangamaripeta which is situated 12 km north of Visakhapatnam. The fishermen towed the Blue whale to the Mangamaripeta marine fish landing centre.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Blue whale; Balaenoptera musculus; stranding; morphometric measurements; Vishakhapatnam
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Conservation Marine Mammals > Whales
Divisions:	CMFRI-Visakhapatnam
Depositing User:	Users 133 not found.
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2010 10:46
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 15:21
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3256

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