1000 SHARKS A DAY

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18890, 4 January 1927, Page 8

1000 SHARKS A DAY

—• —— \\ a NEW INDUSTRY. "fl t VALUABLE PRODUCTS FROM A f PEST. \ ITHE Pttfi&S SpetUl Swrlce.] fy AUCKLAND, January 3. \ New Zealand is shortly to see a new "■>"' industry that will depend upon the <i shark for its products, according to Dr. £ Alfred Ehrenreich, F.E.G.S., the greaU est. living authority on sharks, who * arrived from Vancouver by the 'l' Aoraugi to-day. Dr. Ehrenroieh, who ij managing director of tho English firm v i of Marine Products, Ltd., is a Doctor U of Science, and a member of tho Amerl-* "* can Academy of Science, as well at n £ a member of many other scientific N? bodies. A Dr. Ehrenreich stated tHatfifta had '! studied sharks and their htfi&s for , $ twenty years, and although he Bad never v , before been to New Zealand, lie knew i"< exactly the kind of fish inhabiting its waters. He had come to the Dominion with the idea of opening up works hew •> "' for making use of shark products. Products from shark included leather, fer- P tiliser, valuable oil, glue, aud a Bubstanco from the pancreatic gland for medicinal purposes. "I hope to have *' factories established in Now Zealand in a year's time, and our aim is to catch 1000 sharks a day," stated Dr. Ehrenreich. "This is an industry that has i« progressed wonderfully in other parts of tho world, and these waters abound with fish." ~ Describing the methods of catching that would be employed by the company, Dr. Ehrenreich stated that the fish would bo taken in nets and drowned. - There was no fear, as in the case of whales, of killing all the sharks off. The more sharks that were caught the moro they would breed. At certain ,* stages of their lives they were canni- , bals, and killed each other oft 5 u enormous numbers. , Dr Ehrenreich will remain a New < Zealand a few weeks, and will th« - , proceed to Australia.