16-foot-wide giant manta, an estimated ton and a half of fish meat, netted off the coast of East Saddle Islands United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration CNRRA / 521 was unloaded at the Fisheries Rehabilitation Administration's wharf at Point Island The marine monstrosity, which measures an estimated 16 feet from flipper to flipper, and about 12 1/2 feet in length, in addition to a five-foot eel-like tail, followed the fishing vessel California for several days, staying below the seines and gobbling fish that fell from the nets as crewmen hauled them up Captains Peter Hegge of the California and Frank Snyder of the United brought up the sea monster by seining the ocean floor From the creature's huge mouth, which is large enough for a grown man to sit in, crewmen removed 350 pounds of unswallowed fish (Photo by Wipperman) Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration China Fishing industry -- China Big game fishing -- China Fish -- China Ship captains -- China -- Shanghai RM http://search.archives.un.org/s-0801-0001-08-00009 S-0801-0001-08-00009 Security level: Unclassified