A THOUSAND SHARKS A DAY

Shannon News, 11 January 1927, Page 2

A THOUSAND SHARKS A DAY

■ -——r ' • t Zealand* is’- shortly to aeo a ’ ..dusa-y that will depend upon liarKs ior its products, according >-,Dr. Alfred Ehrenreich. F.R.G.b., ie greatest living authority on forks, who arrived from Vancouver y-the Aorangi on Sunday. Dr. Ihrenreich, who is managing direc,r‘ of the English firm of Marine roducts, Limited, is a doctor r’tfmcc and a member of the AmenAcademy of Science, as well as , >ni>pr of many other scientific Dr Ehrenreich said he had studd sharks and their habits for jenty years and although he a >ver before been to New Zealand 0 knew exactly the kind of Ash inciting these waters. He haa >me to the Dominion with the idea '/ opening up works here for mak>'.'uso of shark products. Products from sharks included leather, ferti}er, valuable oil, glue and a sub *

stance from the pancreatic gland for medicinal purposes. “ I hope to have factories established in New 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 progressed wonderfully in other parts of the world and these waters abound with fish.” In describing the methods oi catching that would be employed by the company, Dr. Ehrenreich said the fish would be taken in nets and drowned. There was no fear, as in the case of whales, of killing off all the sharks. The more sharks that were caught the more they would breed. At certain stages of their lives they were cannibals and killed each other off in enormous numbers. Dr. Rhenreich will remain in New Zealand for a few weeks and will then proceed to Australia.