Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast
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 ba...
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ftcmfri:oai:eprints.cmfri.org.in:4347 2023-05-15T15:36:04+02:00 Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast Rao, C V Seshagiri 1991-03 application/pdf http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4347/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4347/1/Article_06.pdf en eng CMFRI http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4347/1/Article_06.pdf 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. Sperm whales Article PeerReviewed 1991 ftcmfri 2021-01-24T16:20:34Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera acutorostrata baleen whale minke whale Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, India: Eprints@CMFRI |
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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. |
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Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast |
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Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast |
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Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast |
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Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast |
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Minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off Kakinada coast |
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minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata caught off kakinada coast |
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1991 |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata baleen whale minke whale |
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4347/1/Article_06.pdf 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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