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Man and Shark 



Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations, said: "We are . . . faced with the 

 problem of controlling shark numbers to protect our sport and com- 

 mercial fisheries, or, better yet, of devising some means of utilizing this 

 potentially valuable resource to the benefit of us all.'' [Italics ours.] 



Strasburg's statement is buttressed by many reports of shark abun- 

 dance. One stretch of long-line hauled in by a tuna fisheries research 

 vessel had on it 21 tuna and 73 sharks. Another long-line had strung 

 upon it 169 tuna— 66 of which had been gouged by sharks— and 222 

 sharks. An exploratory fishing expedition along the North Pacific coast, 

 about 800 miles off Oregon and Washington, reported the capture of 25 

 tuna— and 225 sharks. Similar reports have been made by exploratory 

 fishing expeditions in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. One Gulf 



"♦T Buoy 



The sketch shows the Australian method of commercial shark fishing, which interested 

 South Africans enough for a story about it to be published in the South African maga- 

 zine Veld 6- Vlei. A line, with baited hooks, is payed out (left). The buoys it is 

 attached to are anchored and left overnight. On the following day, the line is hauled 

 up, usually with plenty of sharks on it. Courtesy, Veld & Viet Magazine 



