Proceedo frcm catch axe affected by vhether or not heading 

 io done on board chip. In soae locatione on the south Atlontic and 

 in the northern Gulf ax'ea vhere shriiEp are landed hco.ds-on, a fixed 

 charcG ic deducted from the price paid to the fisherman. 



Cre'.r \Jo,fr,eB 



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Crew xTOges depend on the method of ccmjiencation prevailing 

 locally. The principal methods of paying vessel labor were dlocuBsed 

 in Chapter III - Agents of Production. 



Ifliere tho ouner operates his o^m vessel vithout crexr, as in 

 t'.ro oporatlons in the Carolinao surveyed by the Federal Trade Coarmission, 

 the D.iovint othenilce paid in T/ages to captain end crew accrues to the 

 o'.;Ti[or-oii orator. In one instance, the OTmer-oporator netted from $1,500 

 to :1a, 6bo in both 1952 end 1953> hut differed a net loss of $60 in 195^ 

 TvhGn his catcbaa \rere consistently very low. On the basis of the data 

 for this operation, it ^rould cijipoor that low productivity vaa respon- 

 sible for the failixre to attain a break-even catch. The favorable ro- 

 cnlto of a similar operation in the cvjt.q geographic area imst be cited 

 in contrast, vhere the oimer-opcrator fishing without ci-ew v;aa able to 

 not j13»126 in 195'^ on a catch over 25 times as large as that of the 

 other o^mor-operator. 



^Jiiere the oimer functions as captain and hires a crew, the 

 net profit froju operations includes whatever amount a hired captain 

 \ro\ild I'ocoive as ccap^naation. Individual otmer- captains fared dif- 

 fci'cntly in various locations, no tusro operations \?ere c:cactly cciispar- 

 ablo. In 195'»' ac^^o owner-captains suffered fairly substantial losses 

 while others iiionasod to net in excess of $10,000. V/agos of hired 

 crctr Kwiboro varied considerably depending upon the nature of the 

 lay syst.ziii, the nutiber of ficherasn etsployed on the vessel, and the 

 cuccCiDO of oiJerations. Total annual Gariilngs of the crew mtiabers 

 frca the tihrinip fishery in I95U, in soaie instances, were below 

 $1,000 and at the other limit of the range, as hig^ as $5,000. 



Fac'l, IcG and Groceries 



FucjI and ice coots, to a varying de£p:'ee, are borne by both 

 boat oiaiors and creit. Cost of ice, more frequently than not, is split 

 between boat owner and crew, \jhile costs of groceries, for the most 



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