Udupi: A deep sea fishing boat that had sailed off from the Malpe port found that a giant stingray fish was trapped in its net. The fishermen of the area were taken aback by the sheer size of the fish, which weighed 750 kg.
The Maple port in Udupi is 405km from Bengaluru.
The fish got entangled on
"I sold the fish at Rs40 per kg, and though I made a profit, it was not as lucrative as it would have been had I caught a small fish, which would have fetched me no less than Rs300 per kg,"
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