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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, March 18, 1966

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Miami Pool Sharks walking Sharks in shallow Waler Lank forces water through their Gills and restores shark tort Gash w my Page to found a  Hole in it and a dozen or so shark Teeth embedded in the Jujj very six weeks or Captain Gray and his Crew outfit their specially de signed collecting the twin diesel and head out into the to Milf Stream for some shark its a today the first Day is spent rigging and placing a which is a rope three quarters of an Inch in diameter and about a half mile on which there Are 25 rings at regular a Chain ending in a temptingly baited twi Inch Hook snaps into each ring and Flag buoys Are set to Mark each end of the the next moving the line is taken usually con Laming six to eight buttling Sharks of any of the 51 varieties of the South Florida often the catch weighs pounds or More some May go As High As a Giray knows from Over 00 years of sail water fishing that Only about two of the monsters will thus it is a constant Challenge to keep the seminarians huge exhibit tanks and shark Channel Well in spite of their in Pullion for Feroco Gray has found that Sharks Are extremely dih Cal creatures to they Are not inn belong to the same family As rays and whose skeletons consist of rather than so handling them disturbs the inner organs and can cause them to sicken and Page 12 Grays collecting boat eases the prob Lem of since hooked Sharks can be swum directly into the livewell at the Stern without actually hoisting them out of the but then comes the task of getting the Hooks out of their Sharks Are the Only fish from which we remove said who has brought Back hundreds of thousands of aquarium specimens from All Over the some rare species Are even named after we leave the Hooks in smaller fish so As not to risk further the Salt water and the acids in the fish soon dissolve but the shark is caught on a huge am we must Lake it out regard less of we like to have them hooked in the Side of the where Tho least harm is done if i is lodged in the Back of the we dont even bother to bring the shark in because it would die from loss of despite the obvious occupational Gray has managed o keep five fingers on each of the hands together with a leathery attest to a lifetime of following the As he credits a pair of unhook ers he developed Over the one pushes the Hook Back through the Sharks and the other pulls it tiie first of triese is a Threefoot Iron pole will a Groove in a curve it one end corresponding to that of a fish you stand above the shark in the the stars and stripes put the Groove against the Hook where it is protruding from the Sharks jaw and Gray that the Cosier the other device consists of a Small Hal Circle on the end of a to use it you have to get close to the shark to Cut the link of Chain nearest the then Yiu push the Hal Circle against the barbs of the Hook and pull the Hook right through the As soon As the last Hook is Emil skipper of the handsome while collecting Heads her Back to the Scanu Aruin because the by this Lime usually subdued and wont live Long in confined when the boat Urr lies at ills Wayne Hay Miami and puts in at the so aquariums  Dollar Marine exhibit on Virginia it is greeted by visitors who know they will get an extra show because its shark walking the boat is backed against an open Sluice and the a mixed Batch of the Lemon and nurse swum into a special shallow depth Gray and his crewmen waste no time going into the water after we the Sharks by their fins and walk them around and around to Force water Ali rough Louir Gills and get their hearts the Captain sex when a shark has been fought Cap tured and tossed around in a livewell it often loses interest in it will just Roll show its White Underbelly and its grinning Mouth and prepare to die  
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