2020•Unpublished venueRequires access
Whale shark landed in Sakthikulangara FisheriesHarbour
T B Retheesh, Poulose Jacob Peter, T G Kishore
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Abstract
An immature female whale shark Rhincodon typus
accidently caught by a multiday trawler on 19th August
2019 was landed on the same day at Sakthikulangara
Fisheries Harbour (Fig. 1) Listed as an endangered
species by International Union for Conservation of
Natural Resources, locally the shark is known as
‘pullisravu.’ The whaleshark measured 265cm and
weighed approximately 250kg. As there was no
buyer for this species which is protected under the
Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the carcass was
discarded into the sea.