Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-06-27 | Page 15 | Catching Sharks Profitable Work

CATCHING SHARKS PROFIT PROFITABLE ABLE WORK New Industry Sta Starts ts in Gulf I I of Georgia I VICTORIA June 27 With With the supply supply sup sup- pl ply of ot raw material unlimited an Industry in industry industry In- In new to this country is flourish flourish- flourishing shing sh- sh ing at Parker Island between Gallano Galiano and Mayno islands on the tho e gulf gul of Ga Geo- Geo I gia gla It Is the business of catching g sharks and and a a weeks week's catch at the beginning beginning be beginning be- be ginning of ot luay ray May ran to eighty with an average weight of over a ton each Mr I Nelson MacDonald of this city who operated operated op op- op- op eI crated the first shark catching Ing maWe machinery ma ma- chinery on the h island declares e a there h I will We never v rn b be a shortage t g as there are I millions in the waters surrounding the Island In fact the further north and I Igo will ill find and d sharks you go the more from here to Alaska are are their feeding and n nill grounds Mr Ur MacDonald said the Taking Taking Tak sea ing them from the bottom of the saIs sea sa is automatic Norway has a hundred I or such Industries The only r real hook for catching them which works on a from there and the so- so swivel comes called from oil which Invades the markets of tho the world is really shark I liver oil manufactured In Norway Nothing Is wasted in n a shark plant I There Thre Is no finer fish meat than that made from the bodies of ot the sharks Aa As Aaa AsI I a fertilizer It is s superior to dogfish The h head of the shark is full of glue glue of a I highly valuable quality a and the a fins are area a much prized Chinese fo foi food delicacy orientals i here hero paying n as much as runs 3 a pound for It The liver r content runs from GO 60 to 70 per cent of t finest oil of which about 10 p per cent is glycerine Sharks Shark's teeth are in demand in many parts of the world and fetch tetch a n. high I price for tor the manufacture of ornaments What hopes there are and they are few tew po JO Into the fertilizer part of ot the inThe in- in The greatest interest in this new in industry industry industry in- in is being manifested in the manufacture manufacture manufacture man man- of hides Several American companies have been formed and much research work is being done at pres pres- ent The shark hides run from an inch In thickness to the consistency of paper In the baby shark In Seattle they are manufacturing from shark hides and they are declared to be completely completely completely com- com waterproof