Rajapackiam, S and Mohan, S (2006) A giant whale shark (Rhincodon typus) caught at Chennai Fisheries Harbour. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 189. pp. 25-26.
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Abstract
A male whale shark, Rhincodon typus, was landed at Chennai Fisheries Harbour on 7th July 2006, measuring 8.1 meter in length and weighing approximately 4 tonnes. It was caught in mechanized gill net operated 25 km northeast of Chennai coast at a depth of 40 meter. It was brought to the shore at Chennai Kasimedu Landing Centre
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Giant whale shark; Rhincodon typus; Fisheries Harbour; Chennai |
| Subjects: | Demersal Fisheries Demersal Fisheries > Shark fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Madras (Chennai) |
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| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2010 10:05 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3710 |
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