IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



generally known. As a smoked or canned pro- 

 duct the possibilities are also large. Yet one 

 sees many tons of this valuable fish destroyed 

 and wasted along the coast. 



Even such fish as flounders and dogfish, now 

 thrown away, would be found of value. To 

 one familiar with the excellence of the flounder 

 as food it is a surprise to read, as I did in Au- 

 gust, 1915, an editorial in a St. John's paper 

 calling the attention of the Newfoimdlanders 

 to the obvious fact that the flounder is an 

 edible fish and should not be used as a ferti- 

 lizer. Dogfish — small sharks — do great dam- 

 age to the fishing-industries, as they eat the 

 bait on the bultows or trawls, damage the nets, 

 and destroy countless fish. They are taken 

 out of the nets by the fishermen, knocked on 

 the head, and thrown into the sea as worse 

 than useless, but they are of considerable food- 

 value, and are much appreciated by those who 

 have tried then;i. Dogfish have large livers 

 which are of value in the production of fish- 

 oil, and as a last resort these fish make excel- 

 lent fertilizer. A considerable saving would 

 result if the people of the coast should ac- 

 custom themselves to the use for their own 



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