'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi'
Abstract
The stranding locations of marine mammals
namely blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus),
Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni), fin whale
(Balaenoptera physalus), humpback whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae) and minke whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) along the Indian coast
were mapped (Fig. 1) using passive method. The
data was collected for the period 1874 to 2016
