Shark—at Luxury Prices!
p. 65 · Read in the full issue
ISLANDS fishermen will find it difficult to believe that ordinary school shark —the kind that grows to about 5 ft long—was selling in the Sydney fish markets at 4/6 per pound in October, while imported Danish flounder fillets were retail ing at 4/- and New Zealand gurnard at 3/6 to 3/9 per pound.
This looks like an opportunity for an Islands shark-meat export trade —but isn’t. The Sydney fishermen see to that. All imports are rigidly controlled —to keep the price at 4/6 or thereabouts!
If Police Constable Best and Mrs.
Best, of Rarotonga, journeyed to New Zealand on vacation in October.