Posted to MARMAM by CSI on behalf of Anoop.A.Krishnan: This is a request for assistance with determining whether blue whales sighted during surveys off Sri Lanka or stranded in India are Balaenoptera musculus bravicuda, the pygmy or dwarf blue whale subspecies. The following researcher has photographs which he would like to share with experts, so as to make more positive identifications for scientific and management purposes. Please reply to anoop_a2001@yahoo.co.in Thanking you in advance, Anoop.A.Krishnan Senior Research Scholar MRC of CMFRI, P. B No. 244, Bolar, Mangalore-575001, India Phone: +919448152501 Fax: +918242424061 Email: anoop_a2001@yahoo.co.in