An unusual catch of sharks in a purse seineat Malpe, Karnataka

An unusual catch of sharks in a purse seine fishery at Malpe on the Dakshlna Kannada coast in Karnataka On 10-10-1990 was observed. A single purse seine boat landed approximately 3.5 tonnes of sharks together with the seerflsh Scomberomorous commerson, (400 kg), catfish Tachysurus serratus (100 kg) and the kingfish Rachycentron canadus (100 kg) . The sharks were identified as the black-tip shark Carcharhtnus limbatus.