Show ViLs FISH VF V wy JAW OIL NOW SOARING IN PRUCE PRICE used for lubricating delicate mechanisms washington because the increasing numbers dumbers of aeronautical instruments watches and other delicate mechanisms are causing a shortage in the supply of fish oil a gover government Dment agency has undertaken a survey of the sources of such lu in brigants bri cants oil from the laws jaws of porpoises and blackfish which now Is chiefly used to lubricate these beeby anisis has soared in price for two centuries porpoises have bare been taken in nets off cape hatteras says a bulletin from the national geographic society today they are also fished along the coast of finmark the northernmost province of norway and along the atlantic shore near morehead north carolina arolina porpoises winter oft off the south atlantic coast schools may be seen almost dally daily passing just outside the surf the largest animals reach a length of seven feet and weigh about pounds the porpoise fishermen are as expert as fishermen who literally live ve in the codfish fisheries off new england and newfoundland loik outs are stationed on the beach above and below the point where the porpoise fishers await signals when a school of porpoises Is sighted boats equipped with large seines are launched tile the seines are joined forming a semicircular pen with one end secured to the beach the detmen are able to watch the progress of a school of porpoises hy by the position of thi th lookout who walks along the beach abreast the school when the animal enter the pen the offshore end of the net Is rushed ashore asli ore the porpoises lunge at the net and attempt to jump over and dive under the mesh but fishermen are usually stationed in boats out side the pen to scare the surging animals toward the shore near the bead beach a sin smaller aller net is laid around the main portion of the school which Is beached first then the remainder of the school Is swept in by the larger net although jaw oil is an important product of porpoise fisheries the animals also are valuable tor for their body oil which is extracted from the blubber by boiling in northern norway the blubber is eaten by the fisher folb who con sider it superior to many other sea foods the flesh not consumed is salted for exportation while the entrails and bones make good fertilizer for many years the I 1 indians n deans along the maine coast have supported themselves by capturing porpoises porpoise meat also Is consumed aboard whaling boats whalers chalers capture porpoises by harpooning the blubber not consumed Is cut into longitudinal strips 4 to 5 inches wide then minced and placed in pots to boll boil each animal yields about two gallons of body oil porpoise jaw ja v oil Is produced by removing the animals lower jaw and extracting tr the oil containing blubber which is boiled gently A single jaw contains about a half pint of jaw oil blackfish jaw oil is of equal merit for lubrication these fish which widely range the atlantic ocean are usually captured by harpooning |