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One method now being used for preparing shark is to turn it into jerky. Shark makes a chewy white jerky with a texture more similar to chicken than fish. The meat is thinly sliced, seasoned and smoked. The moisture is removed, taking with it bacteria that would deteriorate the However, specialists with the Texas Marine Advisory Service have begun working on ways to solve this problem by developing the type of gear required to catch shark com mercially. And, Haby says, he hopes within the next two or three months, Sea Grant will find a smokehouse inter ested in producing shark jerky. meat. Scientists at Texas A&M’s Seafood Technology Laboratory have devel oped methods of freezing the meat in vacuum packaging. Michael Haby, a seafood market ing specialist with A&M Sea Grant in Corpus Christi, says although the statewide production of shark jerky in the near future is feasible, Sea Grant has not yet been able to find a smokehouse interested in produc tion. “Shark is being eaten more and more,” Haby says, “but this partic ular project has fallen on hard times.” The problem is that fishermen need to be guaranteed an adequate price before they will go out and catch sharks, Haoy says. They fish for what they can sell, he says. “From an economic point of view,” Haby said in an article in Texas Shores magazine, “there’s an opportunity to make extra profit at the smokehouse level with seafood jerky.” Creating a consumer taste for shark may not be as far-fetched as it seems. After all, Texas Shores mag azine points out that centuries ago early American settlers considered lobster so expendable they fed it to pigs. And shark meat is not new to Bryan-College Station. Red Lobster restaurants serve shark in several different ways. But catching shark might be a vi able alternative for shrimpers dur ing their off-season. Since shark seems to be a seasonal catch, it could become a second crop for them. Even so, Haby says, producers need to be guaranteed a stable sup ply of sharks before they will begin production and marketing of the Chris Womack, associate manager of the Red Lobster in College Sta tion, says, “We grill it like steak.” The restaurant has given out free samples of shark to encourage peo ple to try it. The restaurant also offers shark fajitas and broiled shark. However, he says, customers’ neg ative images of shark sometimes pre vent them from sampling a new dish. “Some people just don’t want to try it because of the word ‘shark,’ ” he says. Other seafood restaurants, such as Pelican’s Wharf, stay with more traditional seafood, such as other fish, shrimp, lobster and oysters. The Kroger Family Center in Col- By BRIAN Senior Stz The restaurai ■ e inspected I pzos County int. The infoi food service t A Texas A&M student carefully what a shark fajita would look like. lege Station offers frozen, individu ally wrapped shark steaks. Billie Smith, a seafood clerk at Kroger, says, “We usually sell-out whenever we get them.” etion reports, david Jeffers itarian at the taurants with ve generally rations and I aurants with low 80s usual! I; dons on the h kores can be ion says, bet achieve tht ing several n abundance |pns. He says th ht close a m while so Bis can be co Kith inspecto Tiding during Mferson say ght close a i re is below f: infectious taurant lacks ac |iioti, a sewage b; Tiding, or tht Biiplete lack food equipii Point deduct the report |e point (mint ints (major \ rtment insp about e\ etimes a fo jnust be made, Bys. A restaui ■ollow-up ins four- or nve-p cannot be corn spector is still She says the shark steal numerous sma: with recipes and cost abouttheBlnspectors a as other fish. Brians at the d Photo by DEANS surveys his interpretation of Winn-Dixie stores also offet S | SCORED g5 in their seafood departments. | *7 aco u e ii Texas fighting government for rights to offshore oil, gas NEW ORLEANS — Texas and Louisiana argued in a federal ap peals court Monday over which reve nues they are entitled to from off shore oil and gas production when state and federal boundaries over lap. Assistant Texas Attorney General Mary Keller argued before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the state and federal governments should split all revenues from such lands 50-50, as a U.S. district judge in Texas recently held. The U.S. Department of the Inte rior is challenging that ruling, how ever, claiming that offshore statutes provide revenue sharing only to pro tect states from drainage. Drainage is the siphoning off of oil or gas from an entire pool, al though production may only be oc curring on the federal portion. Both the House and Senate have passed their own versions of an off shore settlement bill but the two ver sions have yet to be reconciled. In Advance Briscoe will speak at A&M SI in Bryan wa yid Plett. Score able violations. Democratic gubernatorial can didate and Texas A&M graduate Andrew Briscoe III will speak Wednesday at 8 p.m. in 510 Rud der. Briscoe, Class of ’74, is one of five democrats vying in the May 3 primaries for the opportunity to challenge incumbent Gov. Mark White in the November general election. He said the state’s economy and its effects on nesses will be his cerns if elected. * Martin’s I lollege Ave. ected by Da 95. The repc l exas bu; p 0mt violatior primary cot p a j )er t owe i s ome bathro Briscoe, the second cousini: violatior former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, to e P or t for th not served in an elected office fpipment wa For the last seven years he to ytease was or worked as a developer in Dallas j° me floors leeded repair Previously he worked as a will l life biologist and a newspapeiI * K ett | e at publisher. i n Coll St by David Pick Officials say seat belt law saving lives on Texas roads Associated Press AUSTIN — The state’s manda tory seat belt law is credited with a reduction in the number of traffic fatalities on Texas highways, offi cials said Monday. Sen. Ted Lyon, D-Rockwall, told a news conference, “A definite lifesav ing trend is showing up in the pre liminary Department of Public Safety data for the first four months under the new law. P c _ the seat belt law than would have been without it.” Lyon, a sponsor of the mandatory seat belt legislation, joined a news conference with DPS Director James Adams and George Gustafson of the Texas Coalition for Safety Belts. DPS statistics for the four-month period of September through De cember 1985, when the law first be came effective, show front seat fatal ities in passenger cars and light trucks down more than 14 percent, Lyon said. “This indicated 114 fewer deaths occurred than in the same period for 1984,” Lyon said. In December, the first month fines were levied, the reduction was 18 percent. Adams predicted the final statis tics for traffic fatalities for 1985, due shortly, would show a decreased death rate, mainly because seat belt law. Lyon said the seat belt law is ing money as well as lives. 'o-point vio the report foi iwel dispens In the dishwai jas subtraett tile in the stc be replaced, follow-up ins in 10 days. The average statewide autoii ance premium rate was lowered C ercent mainly because of the elt law. That was a $137 i nual saving to auto insurance ers, he said. Bush says GOP must work to strengthen hold on House • Kettle at in College Si jy David Pi The report olation for wels for tl dishwashing said three vtere given f Associated Press ARLINGTON — Vice President George Bush told guests at a GOP fundraising luncheon Monday that Republican control of the White House and Senate is not sufficient and the party must gain strength in the House. “We do have a big job,” Bush told 400 supporters of Rep. Dick Armey, R-Denton, at a lunch at an Arlington hotel. “That is to win the House, or at least to pick up a working coali tion.” excellence is to keep Dick Armey in the U.S. Congress.” Bush spoke at the $100-a-plate lunch in support of Armey, a fresh man Republican who, as a college economics professor, beat incum bent Democrat Tom Vandergriff in one of the closest congressional elec tions of the year. “We feel confident about the Ar mey race, we feel good about it,” Bush said. “One place to guarantee Armey urged his supporters to work hard for his re-election. He cited what he called “experts (who) said an unknown college pro fessor couldn’t get elected to Con gress.” easy, and that has to scare you," mey said. Bush blasted the national D« cratic leadership for opposing most every principle that the Aim can people sent the president me to Washington to fight for." river “Now the experts seem to be on my side, saying re-election may be “The liberal, national Demc leadership says, ‘If it moves, taxitl it still moves, regulate it. If it si) moving, subsidize it,’ ” Bush the crowd to loud applause. Lepa 5 roblen we listen, Free pi concerr I Brazos V, Crisis Pn Concert Series proudly presents the "Texas a&m Symphonic band "Director - "Mr. Bill J. Dean "Tn Concert March 6,1986 8'00pm — ^Rudder "Theatre Tickets $1.00 Available at the door