Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Two or three men and various dogs having been devoured by sharks off Melbourne, Australia, the Government offered a reward for the capture of these fish, and 3,000 were caught in one week; but inasmuch as the reward was at the rate of one shilling a foot, and no reward is given for sharks under two feet, the fishermen threw the “babies” back into the sea until they grow worth catching. Some men have been making from $15 to $20 a day by shark fishing.