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On a whale shark Rhincodon typus(Smith) caught off Manapad, Gulf ofMannar
Pon Siraimeetan
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Abstract
A stray whale shark Rhincodon typus was caught
accidentally from the Gulf of Mannar and was landed
at Periyathalai on 27th November 1997. The sheirk measuring
5.93 m and weighing 2 tonnes (approximately)
got entangled in the Paruvalai net of mesh size 12-15
cm operated at a depth of 30 m in the Manapad fishing
ground during the very early hours (0015 hrs) of the
day by a kattamaran. The shark was towed ashore
with the help of the neighbouring crew members of a
fibre-glass boat and three other Kattamarans and was
landed at Periyathalai at 1130 hrs. Locally this shark
is called as 'Uravi' or 'Ammuni uluvai'. For the whole
day it was lying on the shore because of lack of
demand.