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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [7S] 
  

  

  limits, 
  such, 
  for 
  instance, 
  as 
  Saint 
  Louis 
  and 
  New 
  York', 
  arc 
  among 
  the 
  

   best 
  markets 
  for 
  the 
  red 
  snapper. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  certain 
  peculiarities 
  about 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  shipping 
  fish 
  to 
  

   New 
  Orleans 
  from 
  Pensacola 
  that 
  are 
  worthy 
  of 
  being 
  noted. 
  As 
  has 
  

   been 
  stated 
  elsewhere, 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  New 
  Orleans 
  smacks 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  the 
  snapper 
  fishery 
  that 
  ship 
  their 
  catch 
  from 
  Pensacola, 
  to 
  

   the 
  home 
  port. 
  Arrangements 
  are 
  therefore 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  railroad 
  

   managers 
  to 
  insure 
  a 
  box-car 
  being 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  captain 
  

   of 
  a 
  smack 
  whenever 
  he 
  chances 
  to 
  need 
  it, 
  and 
  he 
  takes 
  the 
  responsi- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  packing 
  his 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  car 
  for 
  transmission 
  to 
  his 
  agent 
  or 
  

   the 
  owner 
  of 
  his 
  vessel 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  

  

  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  smack 
  Albert 
  Hayley 
  discharging 
  a 
  cargo 
  

   of 
  fish 
  at 
  Pensacola 
  and 
  packing 
  them 
  for 
  shipment 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  

   The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  lay 
  on 
  deck 
  tied 
  up 
  in 
  " 
  bunches" 
  (with 
  pal- 
  

   metto 
  leaves), 
  roughly 
  estimated 
  to 
  weigh 
  25 
  pounds 
  to 
  the 
  bunch. 
  We 
  

   were 
  told 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  customary 
  to 
  ship 
  this 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  Orleans 
  

   market 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  certain 
  price 
  per 
  bunch 
  is 
  paid 
  for 
  the 
  fish, 
  (he 
  amount 
  

   in 
  this 
  instance 
  being 
  $1 
  per 
  bunch. 
  

  

  Part 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  alive 
  from 
  the 
  smack's 
  well, 
  and 
  

   the 
  rest 
  had 
  been 
  iced; 
  none 
  were 
  eviscerated. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  packed 
  

   with 
  fine 
  ice 
  in 
  a 
  box-car, 
  the 
  bunches 
  being 
  stowed 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  heads 
  

   were 
  up. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  shipped 
  from 
  Pensacola 
  go 
  by 
  rail, 
  except 
  those 
  sent 
  

  

  to 
  New 
  York; 
  these 
  are 
  generally 
  shipped 
  via 
  the 
  Savannah 
  Steamship 
  

  

  Company's 
  line. 
  

  

  8. 
  LAY. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  the 
  captain 
  of 
  a 
  vessel 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  person 
  on 
  her 
  who 
  re- 
  

   ceives 
  a 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds, 
  or, 
  to 
  put 
  it 
  in 
  technical 
  language, 
  the 
  

   ouly 
  one 
  who 
  goes 
  on 
  shares. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  are 
  hired. 
  The 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  wages 
  for 
  a 
  mate, 
  who 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  first 
  class 
  fisherman 
  ami 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  experience 
  and 
  judgment, 
  is 
  $40 
  per 
  month. 
  The 
  other 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  are 
  paid 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  $135 
  per 
  month 
  to 
  each 
  man. 
  

   Boys 
  are 
  seldom 
  carried, 
  and 
  the 
  wages 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  are 
  governed 
  some- 
  

   what 
  by 
  their 
  efficiency, 
  a 
  good 
  fisherman, 
  who 
  is 
  reliable 
  and 
  steady, 
  

   commanding 
  higher 
  pay 
  than 
  one 
  who 
  is 
  deficient 
  in 
  these 
  qualities. 
  

  

  The 
  settlement 
  between 
  the 
  owners 
  and 
  captain 
  is 
  effected 
  in 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  way: 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  fitting 
  expenses, 
  including 
  such 
  articles 
  as 
  pro- 
  

   visions, 
  fishing 
  gear, 
  bait, 
  ice, 
  &c, 
  and 
  the 
  wages 
  of 
  the 
  crew, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  the 
  mate 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  highest-priced 
  man, 
  are 
  deducted 
  

   from 
  the 
  gross. 
  stock, 
  the 
  remainder 
  being 
  termed 
  the. 
  net 
  stock. 
  The 
  

   skipper 
  receives 
  one- 
  fifth 
  of 
  this 
  net 
  stock 
  as 
  his 
  "share," 
  and 
  8 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  on 
  two-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  stock 
  as 
  captain's 
  commission. 
  From 
  her 
  

   four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  stock 
  the 
  vessel 
  pays 
  the 
  wages 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  highest- 
  

   priced 
  men 
  (one 
  of 
  whom 
  is 
  the 
  mate) 
  and 
  the 
  captain's 
  commission; 
  

   also, 
  of 
  course, 
  her 
  expenses 
  for 
  insurance, 
  wear 
  and 
  tear 
  of 
  sails, 
  rig- 
  

   ging, 
  and 
  hull. 
  

  

  