part, are borne "by the crew. Deviationo from these practiccc, however, 

 are coitimon. In Alabama and Mississippi fuel and groceries are often 

 deducted from receipts before the distribution of shares to the boat 

 and ci'ew is nade. In Morgan City, Louisiana., gross receipts, in some 

 operations, are split between boat and crew, the crev; paying for all 

 groceries and for one-half of the ice costs. Some crev/s opei-ating out 

 of Sabine Pass-Crange, Texas, receive one-half of the gross receipts 

 from v;hich all groceries and one-half of both ice and net repair costs 

 are deducted. 



As reported by the Bureau of Business and Economic Hosearch 

 of the University of Miami, fuel and ice costs were fairly imifonn in 

 some sections of the Gulf coast at the time the B\n'eau's survey v/as 

 made. In Texas ice costs in the summer of 1955 averaged around $7.50 

 per ton loaded and fuel varied in price from 11 cents to 13 cents per 

 gallon. Ice costs here were high compared with Tampa, Florida, where 

 they v/ere $5.50 per ton and Mississippi where they were $7,00 per ton. 

 Fuel costs elsewhere v;ere either about the same (Tampa: 11.5 cents 

 per gallon) or higher (Mississippi: 14.9 cents). Some boat operators 

 Xirere able to secure discounts on these items by purchasing through the 

 fleet with which they were affiliated. Costs were slightly lov:er in the 

 more active southern ports than they v;ere farther north. 



Small local vessels, according to Harwell, Knovdes and 

 Associates, have fuel capacities from 250 to 600 gallons and ice capa- 

 cities from 3 to 10 tons. The smaller of the off-shore vessels can 

 load 600 to 1,000 gallons of fuel and 7 to 12 tons of ice. The larger 

 Canpeche type vessels have capacities of 2,500 to 11,000 gallons of 

 fuel and 28 to 50 tons of ice. 



Fuel, water, and ice capacities of shrimp vessels in the south 

 Atlantic and Gulf region surveyed by Harwell, Knovjles and Associates 

 are sha^rn in table IV - Ul. 



TABLE IV - l|l.~I-IAXIMroi LOAD CAPACITY OF FUEL, 

 WATER, AND ICE. SAMPLE OF I4O SHRTi^P VESSEI5, 

 SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES, 195U 



1/ Not available. 



200 



