Fishermen catch stingray weighing more than 1 ton in Peru

Peruvian fishermen catch a manta ray weighing more than a ton and have to use a crane to bring it ashore.

Stingray stingrays in Peru

Stingray is caught in the area of ​​Caleta La Cruz, northwestern Peru. It is 6 meters wide and weighs about a ton . Stingray falls on the fishing net of fishermen near the shore and is seriously injured due to collision with the propeller of the fishing vessel.

Stingray a ton caught in Peru. (Photo: CEN)

"We were completely surprised when we felt the ship shaking and rocking. We looked down and saw this giant creature. I had never seen a stingray alive before and it took a few seconds to receive it. what it is, "said fisherman Franco Vergara.

Environmental experts and port staff must use cranes to bring the fish ashore. Visitors Kelly Cruz Cumpen took this picture and said, " I've never seen anything this big. When they pull it up from the water, the fish is bleeding."

Manta is a fish genus of the largest rays in the Mobulidae family. The largest individual ever recorded is in the Atlantic with a width of 9.1 m.