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Kōrero: Sharks and rays

Shark for the table

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Shark for the table

Rig shark by another name: fish-and-chip shops use euphemisms such as lemon fish when marketing shark meat.

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by Alastair McLean

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Gerard Hutching, Sharks and rays – Sharks as food, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5312/shark-for-the-table (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.