Two female pilot whales of

the species Globicephala macrorhynca

Gray) measuring

302 cm and 140 cm respectively

were caught in gill nets during

fishing operation at Pudukuppam

fish landing centre

near Cuddalore on 29

July

Nammalwar, P

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Pilot Whalas Caught at Pudukuppam Two female pilot whales of the species Globicephala ma-crorhynca Gray) measuring 302 cm and 140 cm respective-ly were caught in gill nets dur-ing fishing operation at Pu-dukuppam fish landing cen-tre near Cuddalore on 29 July. The estimated weight of the two whales was about 500 kg and 40 kg respectively. The stomach of the whale was cut open and the analysis revealed a few beaks of cephalopods. After the postmartum operation, the whale was burried in the seashore to extract the skeleton. This was reported by Dr P. Nammalwar, Scientist S-2 at Madras Research Centre. and postlarval production of the king prawn, P. latisulcatus under controlled conditions has yielded frui t fu l results. The present observation as well as those made in Japan and Aus-tralia suggest that P. latisul catus stands first for its suit-ability for cultivation in the sandy lagoons and bays avail-able along our mainland coast and also at Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar islands. The present success in the re-search on the king prawn has been achieved by the team con-sisting of Shri M. Kathirvel, S-2, Dr V. Selvaraj, Shri S. Pa-lanichamy and A. Ramakrishnan Technical Assistants at Madras Research Centre. Bumper Landings of Cuttlefish at Colachel An estimated total quantity of 27 tonnes of cuttlefish {Sepia spp.) was landed by trawl nets at Colachel in Ka-nyakumari District, Tamil Nadu on 8 September. Landing of cuttlefish of this magnitude is unusual to this area according to the reports of Shri I. P. Ebe-nezer. Technical Assistant from Kanyakumari. The trawl nets, 52 in all, each operated from 9m-long mecha-nised vessels of 60-80 HP with a crew of 5, 25 km south-west off Colachel at 50-55 m depth landed an estimated total catch of 45.8 tonnes. Among them Sepia spp. (S. Pharaonis and S. aculeata) constituted 59.9%, Nemipterus sp 24.8%, prawns 3.6%, Therms sp. 0.5%, rays 2.3% and fishes belonging to va-rious other groups 9.9%. The average catch per unit for all items combined was 881.5 kg and for Sepia alone it was 519 kg. Apart from the above cuttle-fish catch another estimated total catch of 2156 kg exclu-sively of Sepia pharaonis was also landed that day by fisher-men operating anchor hooks (j igging) from catamaran 7 km off Colachel at 40-45 m depth Eighty five units were operated and the catch per unit worked out to 24.4 kg. The Cuttlefish which has been selling in this region around Rs. 15/- per kg came down to Rs. 7/- that day. Since the export agents could not take the entire landings, about 25% of it were removed for sale in local markets and for sun drying. Heavy landings of squids (Loligo spp.) by boat seine were also reported from neigh-bouring landing centres. The cuttlefish being sorted into groups 

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