CHAPTER III. 

 PERSONS EMPLOYED, SALARIES, AND WAGES. 



Persons employed. — The census was intended to 

 include a report of all persons actually engaged in 

 commercial fishing, whether on vessels, in boats, or on 

 the shore. 



The instructions to the special agents in regard to 

 the enumeration of the persons employed were in part 

 as follows: 



Proprietors, firm members, and independent fishermen. — Stockhold- 

 ers of corporations should not be reported unless they are also em- 

 ployees of the company. A person fishing on shares, delivering a 

 part of the catch to another person and selling the remainder, should 

 not be considered as an independent fisherman; in this case the 

 person to whom a part of the catch was delivered should be con- 

 sidered the proprietor. It is desired to show in the report the total 

 number of persons engaged in fishing. For this reason it is necessary 

 to indicate whether the proprietor was actually engaged in fishing. 

 In the great majority of cases the proprietor will be found to be so" 

 engaged, but in cases where he is not, this fact should be indicated 

 in the space provided. If the ownership of the vessel is in shares, 

 a number of which are held by parties who take no part in its man- 

 agement, these parties should be reported as "shareholders." Per- 

 sons reported in inquiries 2, 3, and 4 should not be duplicated when 

 more than one schedule is secured for operations carried on under 

 the same ownership. 



Salaried employees. — There will probably be comparatively few 



cases where it will be necessary to answer this inquiry. It applies 

 only to large companies having a managing office in which records 

 of the fishing are kept by salaried employees. Persons reported in 

 this inquiry should not be reported on another schedule. 



Vessel crew. — The regular crew, including the fishermen on the 

 vessel, should be reported as "vessel crew." If the captain or any 

 other member of the crew has been reported as a proprietor, he 

 should not be reported here. Where fishermen are working on 

 shares, it will be necessary to estimate the annual wages. Where 

 board is provided for fishermen as part compensation, the value of 

 provisions thus used should not be included in wages, but should 

 be reported separately as provided for in the schedule. 



The number of shoresmen reported represents only 

 persons employed on shore in direct connection with 

 the fisheries, and does not include those employed in 

 secondary handling of fishery products in canneries, 

 packing houses, and other establishments. For these 

 reasons the number of persons reported as shoresmen 

 is not comparable in all cases with the number shown 

 by the Bureau of Fisheries in its various annual re- 

 ports, which includes those employed in fish-packing 

 and canning establishments. The statistics for the 

 canneries and packing houses are given in Chapter 

 VIIL 



DIVISION AND CLASS. 



United States 



Vessel fisheries 



Transporting vessels. . . 

 Shore and boat fisheries 

 Shoresmen 



Atlantic coast division 



Vessel fisheries 



Transporting vessels 



Shore and boat fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Gulf of Mexico division 



Vessel fisheries 



Transporting vessels 



Shore and boat fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Pacific coast division 



Vessel fisheries 



Transporting vessels 



Shore and boat fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Great Lakes division 



Vessel fisheries 



Transporting vessels 



Shore and boat fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Mississippi River division 



Vessel fisheries 



Transporting vessels 



Shore and boat fisheries 



Shoresmen 



peesons employed: 1908. 



Number. 



Total. 



143,881 



31,879 



4,508 



104,644 



2,850 



94,281 



24,631 

 3,595 



64,301 

 1,754 



15,481 



3,970 



396 



10,577 



538 



13,855 



1,754 



368 



11,626 



107 



8,533 



1,494 



78 



6,600 



361 



11,731 



30 



71 



11,540 



90 



Proprie- 

 tors and 

 independ- 

 ent fisher- 

 men. 



i 72,030 



4,248 



1,050 



66,732 



45,659 



3,469 



974 



41,216 



352 



36 



5,508 



6,904 



19 

 6,789 



325 



10 



4,067 



,169 



6 



11 



9,152 



Salaried 

 employ- 



231 

 23 



96 



25 



71,501 



27,400 

 3,435 



37,816 

 2,850 



48, 403 



20, 993 

 2,616 



23,040 

 1,754 



9,533 



3.592 

 342 



5,061 

 538 



6,912 



1,643 

 349 



4,813 

 107 



4,106 



1,154 



68 



2,523 



361 



2,547 



18 



60 



2,379 



90 



Salaries and wages. 



Total. 



$16,377,000 



8,230,000 

 943,000 



6,449,000 

 755, 000 



9,904,000 



5,715,000 

 618, 000 



3, 152, 000 

 418,000 



2,349,000 



1,040,000 

 134, 000 



1,042,000 

 134,000 



2,264,000 



900,000 



140,000 



1,175,000 



49,000 



1,345,000 



566, 000 

 30,000 

 623,000 

 127,000 



515,000 



9,300 

 21,000 

 457,000 

 27,000 



$319,000 



220, 000 

 20,000 

 79,000 



184,000 



156,000 



4,100 



23,000 



57,000 



35,000 

 16,000 

 5,700 



51,000 



14,000 



37,000 

 18,000 



10,000 

 " 8,' 200 



9,000 



4,200 

 '4,'800 



« $16,058,000 



8,010,900 

 923,000 



6,370,000 

 755,000 



9,720,000 



5,559,000 

 614,000 



3,128,000 

 418,000 



2,292,000 



1,004,000 

 117,000 



1,036,000 

 134,000 



2,213,000 



886,000 



140,000 



1,138,000 



49,000 



1,327,000 



556,000 

 30,000 

 615,000 

 127,000 



506,000 



5,100 

 21,000 

 453,000 

 27,000 



(14) 



i Exclusive of 2,952 proprietors not fishing. 



1 Includes provisions furnished to the value of $1,803,000. 



