A female dolphin Stenella longirostris (Grey, 1828)

was washed ashore near Puthenkadappuram

landing centre in Thrissur District on 23rd April 2012.

The animal was in decayed condition and had an

injury near anal base

Baby, K G

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Marine Fisheries Information Service T&E Ser., No. 213, 201216on Migratory Species (CMS). The species is alsoincluded in the annexures of the WesternHemisphere Convention, intended to convey thattheir protection is of “special urgency and importance”(Eckert, 1995).  Green turtles are vulnerable toseveral anthropogenic and environmental threats.Mortality associated with entanglement in marinefisheries is the primary incidental threat.Spinner dolphin washed ashore at Puthenkadappuram, ThrissurK. G. BabyCentral Marine Fisheries Research Institute, KochiA female dolphin Stenella longirostris (Grey, 1828)was washed ashore near Puthenkadappuramlanding centre in Thrissur District on 23rd April 2012.The animal was in decayed condition and had aninjury near anal base.The body measurements recorded were :Total length (Snout to notchof caudal flukes) - 252 cmLength of upper jaw - 39 cmLength of lower jaw - 39 cmTotal number of teeth on each side:Upper jaw - 45 to 45Lower jaw - 46 to 48Approximate weight - 200 kg211Spinner dolphin washed ashore at Puthenkadappuram,KeralaStranding of spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)at Karwar, KarnatakaNarayan G.Vaidya, Narasimhulu Sadhu,  Praveen N. Dube and Satyanarayan V. PaiResearch Centre of CMFRI, KarwarA  spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris , locallycalled ‘handi meenu’ was noticed in dead conditionfloating near the marine cage farm of CMFRI, Karwar,approximately 600 m away, from sea shore ofAligadda village in the evening hours on 31st August2012. The specimen was an adult female of 175 cmtotal length and 55 kg weight.  The animal had a smallinjury near its left eye probably as a result of gettingentangled in fishing nets or got injured in purse-seineoperation which resulted in its death. The specimenwas collected by officials of the Department of Forestand buried in the sea shore after postmortem.211Spinner dolphin stranded at Karwar

Spinner dolphin washed ashore at Puthenkadappuram, Thrissur

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Spinner dolphin washed ashore at Puthenkadappuram, Thrissur

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