24 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. 
Tue “sToCck” 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 the net stock of each. 
Name of vessel. Net stock, Name of vessel. Net stock. 
Augusta H. Johnson. ........0--- essence ee eee ce ceeeeee $14, 650 00 || Laura Neleon........-..---2eeeee rece ee eeeee ene eeeeee $19, 700 00 
Alice M. Williams ...... 2.0222 2-0-0e cece eee e eee eeeeeeee 16, 600 00 || Lizzie ..........-- IE Oe ers Scots 11, 300 00 
Bessie Somes .....-- 22-2. ecnnee cceececcecsencencenesens 16,116 38 || Mary F. Chisholm 11, 033 78 
Chester R. Lawrence ..-.2.--0-02-ccene sees eee nnceceeee 11, 413 76 || Nathaniel Webster .....-.......c0eseecceenceccnenereee 12,000 00 
David A. Story ......-s0sseceeeeeeee iain 18, 708 84 || Notice. ... 222.20... eee ene n eee eee e tenn e nese eeeeees 10, 000 00 
Epes Tarr .......2.0-.2000 Seeersearccetetecteasnnes 13, 800 50 || Plymouth Rock. ate . 10, 900 00 
Frederic Gerring ...... z socio eo ceepens 14,487 24 || Polar Wave ....-.-.-2-----s00--eeeeeeeeeenere er eeeeee 14, 322 00 
Gatherer....-.....-- ceeseeulenceatiown 17, 234 00 || Procter Brothers 9, 821 14 
G. P. Whitman .. - 10, 003 84 || Thresher ‘i 8,136 73 
Grace L, Fears ....--......02-c0ece0 i 12,155 26 || Wachusett....-...-.....2- 0. eee e cence eee ene nee enna 15,110 23 
Guy Cunningham.... .............. wee ane 16, 500 00 || Willie M. Stevens *........-.....cee cece seen ee erences ~ 20,959 06 
Isaac A, Chapman...........-sscenescnenen sense ceeree 19, 846 45 
* 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 
pe 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: 
Month. Gross weight. pe tae aS er Total value. 
pound. 
Pounds. Pounds. 
January ....-....eee ee eee 847, 694 299, 017 $. 0905 $27, 166 05 
MODPOREY cvecevascscreenes 1, 359, 0380 1, 168, 766 - 0226 26,475 82 
Moreh jcccesccscnsecesss. 1, 531, 258 1, 316, 882 - 0287 37, 820 08 
April .... o 1, 817, 916 1, 563, 408 . 0203 D1, 474 62 
May ..... aah a 817, 075 702, 685 . 0323 22, 687 36 
J Utiesezswesseneexes awe 1, 081, 022 929, 679 . 0285 26,505 32 
DOLY cxsenareasevswer. se 1, 261, 330 1, 084, 744 . 0228 24, 685 24 
AMBOR onsnccscncaccncases 821, 902 706, 836 0257 18,173 08 
September ...............- 894, 080 768, 909 . 0261 20, 047 52 
October. ... Bs 718, 186 617, 640 . 0317 19, 582 48 
November ...........-.... 278, 872 235, 530 - 0648 15, 266 46 
December ..........--.-+- 818, 852 274, 213 . 0526 14, 418 10 
DOU ei vadaecctd one 11, 242, 218 9, 668, 307 . 0294 284, 302 13 
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 
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