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profits are halved before being divided among the men, 

 half going to each tartane. 1 



When the boat does not belong to the fishermen the 

 boat's share becomes confounded with the owner's 

 share. Thus at Etel the "master-tunny-fisher" takes 

 a part and a half, each man one part, and the ship- 

 owner and proprietor four parts. At Groix six-tenths 

 of the profits go to the crew and four-tenths to the 

 owner. At Boulogne (I quote a report by M. Ch. 

 Brasseur, secretary of the Boulogne Chamber of Com- 

 merce) "the division of the expenses and profits is 

 effected, according to determined rules, between the 

 owner or ecoreur, the boat, and the crew. From the 

 results of the sale 5 per cent, is deducted for the ecoreur, 

 then all the working expenses, such as the cost of the 

 ice used, the insurance premiums, the nets and extras 

 lost, broken, or worn out ; then the rest is shared. 

 Each man and each lot of nets takes half a share. 

 The master, besides his two half-parts (half for the 

 nets and half for the man), has the half-part which is 

 paid for 'skippering' the boat. This is paid him by 

 the owner. The latter has five parts ; three and a half 

 for the cutter and dinghy, and one and a half for the 

 gear. In the case of trawlers, after deduction of the 

 ecorage and all the common expenses, the result of 

 the sale is divided into two parts, one for the boat 

 and one for the crew. ... In line fishing, two-fifths of 

 the net profits go to the boat, and the rest is divided 

 between the crew and the gear." 



1 Among our English fishermen I have seen the following 

 arrangement : In a salmon -river, a naval pensioner (as a small 

 capitalist) has leased the fishing-rights for a certain reach, or for 

 one hand-seine. Another provides the nets ; another owns a 

 seine-boat. One share will go to the net, one to the boat, and one 

 to the tenant of the rights, so that the three capitalists in money 

 and gear will earn twice as much as the helpers. [TRANS.] 



