Baleen whale in Gulf of Mannar causes death of two fishermen
On 26 May 1961, a local Tamil newspaper Thina Thanthi carried \ a news item of a fishing boat in the Gulf of Mannar off Punnakayal, south of Tuticorin, being attacked by . a large {ish, resulting in the death of two of the five fishermen in the boat In June 1961, while pn tour to Tuticorin, I visite...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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1964
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6923/ http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6923/1/056-JOURNAL_OF_BOMBAY_NATURAL_HISTORY_SOCEITY.pdf |
| Summary: | On 26 May 1961, a local Tamil newspaper Thina Thanthi carried \ a news item of a fishing boat in the Gulf of Mannar off Punnakayal, south of Tuticorin, being attacked by . a large {ish, resulting in the death of two of the five fishermen in the boat In June 1961, while pn tour to Tuticorin, I visited Tiruchendur Government Hospital where the injured were said to have been admitted and also Punnakayal village, to obtain first-hand information about the incident. |
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