Commercial Shark Fishing in the Caribbean Area 49 



Technical Fisheries, Port Isabel, Texas. 

 Rowland Marine Products Company, 14 Franklin 

 Street, Salem, Massachusetts. /£Tj/ 51? ^"7 



The following companies in England are interested in 

 buying or tanning shark hides: 



S. 0. Rowe & Sons, Ltd., Tanner Street, Tower 



Bridge Road, London, S.E. 1. 

 R, & A. Kohnstamm, Ltd,, Bekenliam, Kent. 

 J. S. Deed & Sons, Ltd., Osnaburgh Street, London, 



N.W. 1. 

 W. Pearce, Billing Park, Northampton. 

 Charles F. Stead & Company, Ltd., Sheepscar Tan- 

 nery, Leeds, Yorkshire. 

 Bevingtons & Sons, Abbey Street, Hermondsey, 



London, S.E. 

 C. B. Daniels, Ltd., Swanfield Street, Bethnal Green, 

 London. 

 To give you an idea of the price you may expect, the 

 latest price list of the Ocean Leather Corporation as of 

 1943 is given below: 



Schedule of Prices and Classification on Nurse Shark Hides 



Hides measuring 35" and up to and including 49" .85 cents ea. 

 50" 

 60" 

 65" 

 70" 

 75" 



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 ditto 

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 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 



81" 



91" 



101" 



111" 



ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 



59" 1.10 



64" 1.40 



69" 1.80 



69" 2.10 



80" 2.45 



90" 3.10 



100" 3.65 



110" 4.10 



120" 4.75 



Schedule of Prices and Classification on Shark Hides of Other Species 



Hides measuring 35" and up to and including 49" .70 cents ea. 



ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 



50" 



60" 



65" 



70" 



81" 



91" 



95" 



105" 



116" 



126" 



ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 



59" 

 64" 

 69" 



80" 



.90 

 1.15 

 1.50 

 2.00 



90" 2.50 

 94" 2.90 

 104" 3.35 

 115" 3.90 

 125" 4.55 

 135" 5.50 



