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Shannon News, 30 March 1926, Page 3

Christehurch people have been eating sharks for years, sharks that wonld not have been averse to dining on a man before they fell into the fishermen's net. This statement was made wh^en'inquiries were made as to the authenticity of statements to the effect that fried shark was being sold m the city und'er the alias of "gropper." "Well, yes, some fishmongers have been selling it for years" said the .manager of a Christehurch fish market, "but not all—only a few of them sell it. It is not a bad fish, in fact it is quite edible, and apart from-its name there is no objection to it." Further inquiry disclosed the fact that the youthful members of the shark family that find.. then way into Christehurch homes in the form of cutlets belong to the species that have not a particular fancy for bathers. Th'ey are first cousins to the man-eater;*, although they generally corifine their diet to their smaller companions of the ocean's depths. "■"'". '