Marine Fisheries Information Service T&E Ser., No. 207, 2011 39 Occurrence of baby turtles at Puthen Kadappuram Beach, Thrissur, Kerala K. G. Baby Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi A rare sight of crawling young ones of the marine Olive ridley turtle was seen at Puthen Kadappuram, Thrissur on 22-02-2010. There were 110 nesting eggs which were laid 47 days back in a two feet deep trench about 50 m away from the sea. These eggs were monitored by the local turtle conservation committee and 85 freshly hatched baby turtles were Young ones of Olive ridley turtle observed at Puthen carefully released to the sea at sunrise. Kadappuram beach Unusual landing of whale shark Rhincodon typus at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour, Kerala P. T. Mani Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi On 29-01-2010, a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour in Kollam District, Kerala. The shark was caught in Hooks and Line off Chavara. The specimen landed was a juvenile female shark measuring 4.15 m (TL) and 0.83 m (maximum body depth), weighing around 450 kg. The fish was hurriedly put in a lorry and taken away and hence detailed measurements could not be taken. Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) landed at Neendakara Fisheries Harbour, Kollam Blue whale washed ashore at Kuttayi Landing Centre, Malappuram, Kerala Rajool Shanis, K. V. Akhilesh and D. Prakashan Central Marine Reasearch Institute, Kochi On 27th February 2010, a blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, measuring 31 feet in total length was washed ashore at Kuttayi Landing Centre in Malappuram District of Kerala. Blue whale washed ashore at Kuttayi Landing Centre, Malappuram.