Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus landed at Mangamaripeta, north of Visakhapatnam
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...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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CMFRI; Kochi
1995
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3256/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3256/1/Article_10.pdf |
| Summary: | 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. |
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