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Sharks, Porpoises and Seals
By PAUL STOUTENBURGH
I had hoped to be at a lecture on sharks
tonight over at the Quogue Sanctuary,
but like so many things my plan never
worked out. There's been much interest
in sharks lately, what with the movie
"Jaws," TV shows and the newly -
developed sport of shark fishing which
our neighbor in Montauk has capitalized
on so well.
Even the lowly sand shark that was
once considered a trash fish has now
found favor with fish eaters and
therefore brings a good price in the
marketplace. The next time you catch
one of these on your line, rather than
throwing it up on the beach in disgust,
take it home and try it. Some of these
dogfish grow quite big and look for all the
world like true sharks which they are
not. They don't even have teeth. Their
light grey skin is just as coarse as
sandpaper.
My first encounter with a real shark
was years ago when I was a kid and we
were all watching Mr. Amberman put in
his boat down at the end of Pequash
Avenue. As usual there was much
grunting and heaving as the boat edged
its way on a slatted roller towards the
bay. All went well until someone shouted,
"There's a shark!" And sure enough,
there was the fin moving about just
outside the mooring the boat was to be
tied to. Needless to say the boat stayed on
the shore's edge until thg next day. Of
course, kids exaggerate. But to this day
it seemed to me that fin stood out of the
water at least a foot. It was something we
talked about all that summer when we
went swimming.
Yet porpoises in the bay, which were
big and visible, were always taken in
stride. In the Sound there were even
more of them than in the bay and up to
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about 20 years ago you could pretty well
count on seeing them once or twice
during the summer when you visited the
Sound.
Once we paddled a canoe out among
them. My wife and I both put on life
jackets just in case but it was well worth
it for all about us snorting bodies rose
and dove. It really made you feel small.
Whenever porpoises showed up, whether
it was in the bay or in the Sound, the
fishermen cursed them for they
maintained the porpoise scared the fish
away. (Wonder what they say about the
lack of fish today.)
We haven't had schools of porpoise in
the bay for many years now, but
occasionally we get a stray that brings
attention to the fact that there are still a
few around. About 10 years ago I got a
call from a good neighbor who said there
was a porpoise stranded out on one of the
mud flats. Well, it wasn't exactly a mud
flat, for even at low tide there was about
a half a foot of water there along with two
feet of mud and it was here the porpoise
was floundering about. Well, you know
the story... I went out to rescue the
porpoise slogged around grappled with it
and finally got it in my arms so I could
carry it across the causeway and out into
the bay where I let it go. The last I saw of
it, it was headed for deep water and very
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DOGFISH OR SAND SHARK- -
Once considered a nuisance,
these harmless dogfish found in
our local waters are now shipped
to market.
Photo by Paul 8toutenburgh
Focus.. .
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glad I'm sure to get out of that shallow
creek water.
Sharks in the Bay
Then there was a time when a group of
men from around New Suffolk and
Cutchogue used to go shark fishing right
out in the bay. I only remember one of
the men by name -- Tony Chituk. He was
one of three who made up our local police
force in those days. At any rate Tony and
the other fishermen would go just east of
Nassau Point in the "hole" and using
whole weakfish get three or four big
sharks a day. Some were over seven feet
long. I can remember seeing them
hanging on the end of a truck wrecker
where they would hang `tails up'. I'm told
they tried to send them into market, but
the price in those days didn't even pay
for the freight.
The only other large creature we have
in the bay is the seal that occasionally
comes down from the north during the
winter. These are harbor seals and can
be found at almost any time when you
visit Montauk during the colder months.
On the North Shore we see them out at
Orient occasionally but their real hang
out is Plum Island.
These occasional sightings of seals,
porpoises and sharks give hope that all is
not lost as far as these interesting
creatures go. Wouldn't it be nice if once
again they would visit us. I'm sure there
are those who will say, "We could get
along without the sharks," but I'm going
to be one who sticks up for them. For
with the shark and the seals once more
on Robins Island and the porpoises
diving in the Race we would have a true
sign that man is starting to understand
his world better and correcting some of
the problems he has created.
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