Reprinted from the June 1980 issue of HAWAII FISHING NEWS.
■ A moderate population of sharks in any given area serves a function intended by nature. That is, they tend to control the population of other marine forms, lest, they, themselves, overpopulate our shallow waters and reefs. Sharks also, through their predation, systematically eliminate the sickly, crippled, wounded or dying and diseased. This, in effect, prevents the reproduction of weak, unhealthy strains of the different species. Not to mention the function they perform as “sanitation and refuse collectors” keeping the bottom clean and clear of the accumulation of dead, decomposing marine animals. And perhaps in time, they may become a plentiful and valuable source of food and protein for man, a resource as yet untapped by man. We are slowly…
