Frequent landing of bull sharks at Vizhinjam

Unique and continuous landing of bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas was observed at Vizhinjam landing centre during the February – March, 2018 period (Fig. 1). 16 numbers of bull sharks measuring 110-359 cm (total length) and weighing 90 - 330 kg each were landed. Of these, only 3 sharks were immature. The landings of C. leucas along the Vizhinjam coast is usually occurs only once or twice in a month, but such steady landings as recorded was a rare occurrence