A whale shark Rliiniodon typus Smith of 610 cm

total length and weighing 4 tonnes was accidentally

caught by a purse seiner on 26.12.2000 at a

depth of 20 m off Malpe, about 10 km from Malpe

fishing harbour

Kemparaju, S

Lingappa, Y

Mahadevaswamy, H S

Muniyappa, Y

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Mar. Fish. Injor. Sew.. T&ESpr.. No. 171, 2002 986 On a giant devil ray Manta birostris (Walbaum) landed at Tuticorin fishing harbour On 24.03.2001 a giant male devil ray Manta birostris (Walbaum) was caught at 50 metre depth off Tuticorin in a trawlnet (Fig.). This ray locally called, 'Kombu thirukkai' measured 331 cm in total length and 576 cm breadth, weighed approxi-mately 1850 kgs. The specimen was sold for Rs. 875/- at the landing centre. In India, a special and organised harpoon fish-ery exists for devil rays in Androth and Kalpeni islands of the union territory of Lakshadweep. Other than this, little information is available about the species and its fishery. Reported by: G. Arumugam, Tuticorin Research Centre of CMFRI, Tuticorin Manta birostris 987 On a whale shark Rhiniodon typus landed at Malpe, Udupi district, Kamataka A whal(^ shark Rliiniodon typus Smith of 610 cm total length and weighing 4 tonnes was acciden-tally caught by a purse seiner on 26.12.2000 at a depth of 20 m off Malpe, about 10 km from Malpe fishing harbour. The female shark which got en-Rhiniodon lypus tangled in the net was tied to a rope and dragged to shore same evening. Since there is no demand for fresh fiesli of llie whale shark it was cut into pieces and taken ibr diying. The liver weighing 200 kg was removed for oil extraction. The gut contents con-sisted of semi-digested food items and digested flu-ids. Details of morphometric measurements (cm) of Rhiniodon typos landed at Malpe are given below: Total length 610 Standard length 477 Width of mouth 103 Head length 140 Snout to first dorsal fin 265 Snout to second dorsal fin 140 Pectoral to pelvic fin origin 140 Pelvic to anal fm origin 94 Anal to caudal fin origin 35 Whale sharks are not generally landed at this centre and the earlier reports were accidental trap-ping by the trawl. This is the first time, such a big whale shark was landed by a purse seiner at Malpe. Reported by: Kemparaju S., Lingappa, Y. Muniyappa and H.S. Mahadevaswamy, Mangalore Research Centre of CMFRI, Mangalore 

On a whale shark Rhiniodon typus landed at Malpe, Udupi

district, Karnataka

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On a whale shark Rhiniodon typus landed at Malpe, Udupi district, Karnataka

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