PAYMENT OF TRAWLERS. 87 



1. Payment of Trawlers. 



The crews^ a skipper, two men and one boy, find tlieir 

 own food while on board the smack. 



Trawl Fish. — Tlie net value of the catch of trawled fish is 

 divided into seven shares. Of this the owner or owners of 

 the boat have three ; the skipper one and a half j the second 

 hand one ; the third hand one ; the boy a half. 



Hooh Fish. — In case fish is caught by hook and line on 

 board the trawler, as may be the case if the boat is be- 

 calmed, the catch is divided into five shares. Of these the 

 owner has one and a half ; the skipper one ; the second 

 hand one ; the third hand one ; the boy a half. 



Salvage. — In case of salvage, the sum received is divided 

 into six shares. The owner has two and a half shares of the 

 net amount of salvage paid ; the skipper one ; the second 

 hand one ; the third hand one ; the boy a half. 



Expenses. — All expenses connected with the boat and 

 fishing gear, both renewals and repairs, are borne by the 

 owner or owners of the vessel. 



Stacker. — Besides these payments made to the crew there 

 are certain perquisites the payment of which appears to be 

 thoroughly understood, but which varies somewhat in dif- 

 ferent boats. The perquisites are locally known as ^^stocker." 

 There are two kinds of stocker : (1) " men^s stocker ;'^ (2) 

 " boy^s stocker." 



(1) Men's Stocker. — Men's stocker consists of thickbacks 

 [Solea variegata), queens {Pecten), male crabs ("he crabs"), 

 lobsters, and possibly other produce. 



(2) Boj/'s Stocker. — Boy's stocker consists of squid (Loligo) 

 and female crabs (''she crabs"). 



The men's stocker is divided into three shares : and of 

 these the skipper has one ; the second hand one ; the third 

 hand one. 



The boy's stocker is divided into two shares ; of which the 

 third hand has one and the boy one. 



The third hand has therefore a share of both men's and 

 boy's stocker, but he may be paid about 2s. 6d. a week instead 

 of receiving boy's stocker. 



