BLACKFISH OIL.
CANADIAN -FISHERMEN'S HAUL.
Cape Breton Island fishermen recently sighted a school of blacklish playing about off shore in the Atlantic. They went out in their boats, drove the fish toward the mud flats, and when the tide went out they were easy prey. From the forty odd blacklish was secured 650 gallons of oil, which they put to interesting uses. It was used to lubricate automobiles, it was burned in lamps in place of kerosene, it softened leather, and some of it went for use as a "body" for paint. Blaekfish sometimes measure more than 20ft in length and weigh a ton and a half. They are not factors in commercial fishing, but occasionally fishermen take them when they get in difficulties in shallow water. Cape Breton has proved they may be put to various useful purposes.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1936, Page 20
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