The shark industry on the Pacific Coast of America is reported as having developed into an established profession. Shark fishermen are still making good money, and are also making records in big creatures caught. The sharks are what is known a's the “mud” variety, and entirely harmless to human beings. They live in great numbers in the deep inlets of the coast, and are valuable for their livers, their skins, and the fertilisation values of their flesh and bones. At Main Island, on the coast near Vancouver, the shark fishermen are catching very large mud-sharks at a depth of 100 and 125 feet. Some of the sharks caught have been 35ft long.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1921, Page 11
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112Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1921, Page 11
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