 A shore-based whaling station was operating at Fishery Bay by late 1837.In November the schooner "Siren" left Port Adelaide for Sleaford Bay “to take on a cargo of oil from the station there.” By 1839 the station was under the control of the United Fishing Company of Adelaide, which was a partnership between the South Australian Company and Messsrs Hack and Company.The South Australian company sold out in 1841 and the Hack brothers then became sole owners.