Show PORPOISE FISHERY IS OLD one of least known indu industries atries has been in existence at cape hatteras for 2 00 years one of the oldest and least keown industries in america Is the porpoise fishery which has been operated from cape Ilat teras in north carolina for about years it should attain tin an unusual prosperity in the next nest few years for the bureau of fisheries Is urging more general use of porpoise hides in place of cowhided cowhides cow hides bides it Is an excellent leather and could undoubtedly be used more widely heretofore the most valuable able product of the fishery has been the oil which Is extracted from the jaws of the porpoise and la Is worth about 20 a gallon it Is universally used for lubricating watches and other very delicate mechanisms the body blubber is also valuable attempts to manufacture fertilizer out of the carcasses have failed because of the distance from a fuel supply the porpoise are taken at Ilat teras in seines operated from the shore and it Is probably the only place in america where this has ever been done successfully during the fall winter rind spring many porpoises are seen off the south atlantic coast and at they come within a few hundred yard of the surf they are taken by spreading seines about y yards ards outside the surf lines As soon as the porpoises have come inside the seines it Is dragged ashore often a whole school of these sea creatures Is taken in a single haul |