Tiger shark landed at Mookaiyur Fisheries Harbour, Tamil Nadu

A large sized male Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier measuring 288cm in total length (TL) and weighing 261 kg was landed at the Mookaiyur Fisheries Harbour on 22nd October 2020. The shark was caught in a tuna longliner of 22.7 m OAL fitted with 200 hp engine which had fished in the Arabian Sea, close to the Lakshadweep islands.