Unusual landing of the sharks at Sassoon dock landing centre, Mumbai

Purushottama, G B and Ramkumar, S and Thakurdas and Hotagi, Jayadev S (2013) Unusual landing of the sharks at Sassoon dock landing centre, Mumbai. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (218). pp. 17-18.

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Abstract

On 5th June 2013, unusual landing of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), the spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah), the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) belongs to the family Carcharhinidae was observed at Sassoon dock (Fig. 1). About 4 tonnes of sharks of the above species in the length range of 1.5 – 3.25 m and weight ranging from 50 to 120 kg were landed by trawler.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Unusual landing; sharks; Sassoon dock landing centre; Mumbai
Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing
Demersal Fisheries > Shark fisheries
Divisions: CMFRI-Mumbai
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2014 08:46
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:58
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9928

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