Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus landed at Mangamaripeta, north of Visakhapatnam

Not Available 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 whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohanraj,G, Somaraju,M V, Rao,C V Seshagiri
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: CMFRI; Kochi 1995
Subjects:
Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
stranding
morphometric measurements
Vishakhapatnam
Online Access:http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/58359
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Summary:Not Available 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. Not Available

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