Image: Soaybaskingsharkfisheries

Description: The Island of Soay Shark Fisheries Ltd The basking shark fishing station was established here in Soay Harbour by Gavin Maxwell, on a small island off Skye. It operated between 1945 and 1948, when it collapsed financially, having caught around 1,000 sharks. The huge carcasses were pulled out of the water here, the livers rendered for oil, the rest sold for fertilizer, aphrodisiacs or food. A glorious failure of an enterprise. Not to be confused with Soay in St Kilda, or Soay in the Outer Hebrides.
Title: Soaybaskingsharkfisheries
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