BRANDING FISH
(By a Reuter Correspondent) OTTAWA
Branding irons, common equipment on cattle ranches in North America for many years, have been used at sea by the Department of Fisheries to brand mackerel sharks. Recent interest in mackerel sharks as food, especially by Norwegian fishermen who have been catching them off Nova Scotia for the Italian market, started Canadian research in shark migration. The usual tag used in migration studies is of the dart or fish-hook type, the message being carried in a tube or on a plastic dangler suspended from it. On large fish in the water, tags are difficult to see because most sharks are cut clear of fishing gear without being boated. Brands, using letters and figures one and one-half inches high, are easily seen when the shark is near the boat.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30172, 2 July 1963, Page 3
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