HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



higher rate is paid to favorite skippers. The cook also generally makes extra pay, since he is 

 entitled to half of any fish he may catch on a hand-line, or short trawl set from the vessel, and 

 also, in some instances, has been permitted to save and sell for his own benefit the 'swim-bladders 

 of the hake ( Phycis) captured on the trawl lines set for halibut. This latter privilege is now, how- 

 ever, rarely accorded. 



The owners of the vessel must fit her with all material for the proper prosecution of the 

 voyage, including food, gear, &c., their profit being the difference between the expense so incurred 

 and their half of the proceeds of the voyage. 



THE "STOCK" OF THE GLOUCESTER HALIBUT FLEET IN 1880. The following list shows the 

 net stock of the vessels composing the fresh halibut fleet of Gloucester in 1880: 



Vessels in the Gloucester halibut fleet in 1880, with a statement of thenet stock of each. 



* The gross stock of the last-named vessel; the amount her fish sold for, was $22,107.35; the crew shared to each man $706.06. As will 

 he seen, the Gloucester halibut fleet was much smaller in 1880 than in 1879, numbering only twenty-three vessels against forty-eight schooners 

 in the latter year. 



An addition of about $1,000 to $1,200 to the net stocks given will show approximately the 

 amount obtained for each vessel's catch. The Procter Brothers and Thresher made only six trips 

 each for halibut, being employed elsewhere or hauled up the remainder of the year. The stock 

 given is that realized from the sale of halibut. 



RECEIPTS OF HALIBUT IN 1878. The following detailed statement of the amount of fresh 

 halibut landed at Gloucester, Mass., for the year 1878, by vessels engaged in the fishery from that 

 place, will give a fair idea of the catch and value of halibut during the several months of the year: 



Add to the above quantity the halibut landed at Boston by Gloucester vessels, estimated at 

 1,125,000 pounds gross weight, and valued at about $28,500, and we have the total catch of the 



