establishment n Cp DAE ~ 2 'place of business' (1805-). The business of a fish merchant, usu the branch of a firm with headquarters in St John's or Britain, comprising the 'premises,' employees and the operations of taking and shipping the catch; cp ROOM.
   [1822] 1928 CORMACK 112 ... in sight of the whaling and cod-fishery establishment of Messrs Newman, Hunt & Company of London. 1837 BLUNT 23 Keels. This is another establishment for the fisheries. 1857 MOUNTAIN 11 A merchant's establishment [Gaultois and Hr Breton], each consisting of an agent and family, storekeepers, and other officers, and about 200 men. 1861 DE BOILIEU 44 The Labrador Fishing Establishment is also a general store, and when any one requires supplies the mode of dealing is entirely by barter. 1870 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 8 Newman and Company an old English firm have extensive establishments both here and at Harbour Britain. The fishery is carried on by them on a real old time plan. Every year they bring out in their vessels a number of English boys or youngsters who are apprenticed for 3 or 4 years on small wages. 1895 PROWSE 602 Thirty years ago Mr Nathan Norman's establishment at Indian Harbour, now owned by Job Brothers, was the most northern of the Newfoundland establishments. 1957 JOB 87 During the whole existence of Job Brothers & Co Ltd and its predecessors the main interest of the Company has been much more intimately connected with production and development of the fisheries than with trading, and in this connection a passing reference should be made to the Company's fishery establishments at Blanc Sablon, Lance-au-Loup and Forteau in the Straits of Belle Isle.

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