co-adventurer n Cp OED co-adventure: 'a co-adventurer in that expedition' (1645). In the industrial deep-sea fishery, crew member whose earnings depend on the value of the catch rather than on a fixed wage; cp ADVENTURER, SHAREMAN.
   1972 ANDERSEN & WADEL (eds) 133-4 At the time of writing, Newfoundland trawler fishermen were legally classified as 'co-adventurers,' and not employees. They have been denied the right to union organization...by the Newfoundland Board of Labour, which bases its position on a federal judicial opinion. 1986 SIDER 143 Factories hire the labor for their boats as 'co-adventurers'--which means that they are paid with a share of the catch, rather than a wage. 1987 FIZZARD 218 Previously [to 1974] the amount paid to the [trawler] fishermen was dependent on the amount of fish brought in by their vessel: more fish meant more wages; less fish meant lower wages. Called the 'co-adventurer' system, it required the individual fisherman to share the risk of the voyage with the owner.

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