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(1) Devise apparatus suitable for catching sharks in commercial 

 quantities ; 



(2) Assemble available data as to places where and seasons of 

 the year in which sharks can be taken commercially; 



(3) Instruct the fishermen in the methods of extracting the 

 liver oil and place them in touch with markets for it ; 



(4) Create markets for the hides and develop methods of 

 removing them economically, salting and boxing them in a manner 

 acceptable to the trade; 



(5) Determine the actual fitness of the flesh of certain species 

 for human consumption; 



(6) Develop methods of stabilizing and deodorizing the liver oil 

 with the object of using it for edible purposes, and analyze it to 

 determine its fitness for food ; 



(7) Work out satisfactory methods of pickling, smoking or 

 kippering, drying, dry-salting and canning the flesh; 



(8) Conduct investigations to overcome special difficulties 

 encountered in preserving the product ; 



(9) Carry on cooking experiments to determine the best meth- 

 ods of preparing the fresh and preserved products for the table; 



(10) Overcome the objections of the fishermen to engaging in 

 the fishery; 



(11) Enlist the co-operation of the wholesale trade in dis- 

 tributing the fish ; 



(12) Aid the retailer to dispose of the fish, and furnish him 

 with advertising matter to attract the consumers' attention. 



(13) Conduct a campaign of education among the consumers tc- 

 uproot their prejudices against the product and to enlist their 

 interest in the merits of it to the point where they will buy it of 

 their dealers; 



(14) Lend encouragement to the establishment of fisheries and 

 the installation of equipment necessary to render the by-products, 

 that otherwise might be wasted, marketable; 



(15) Encourage the conversion of waste into fish meal or scrap, 

 and the flesh also where it is impracticable to market it for food. 



As some of these individual lines of development present 

 problems of considerable magnitude, with numerous ramifications, 

 several of them will be discussed in greater detail. 



