share v DC ~ esp Nfld (1964). See also SHARE n. To divide among owner and crew the value of the catch taken in a fishing or sealing voyage after deducting the expenses of the enterprise.
[1877] 1898 Nfld Law Reports 148 The evidence, as I understand its effect, also established, that the men regularly engaged in a cod-seine boat as its permanent crew shared half the catch of the boat in proportion to their number. 1936 SMITH 67 The Captain and men were in good spirits, homeward bound with 26,000 prime young harps on board, and we arrived at Job Bros all well, where we discharged our cargo and shared $67.00 a man for the voyage. 1955 DOYLE (ed) 11 "A Noble Fleet of Sealers": And now they're back in old St John's. / A-sharing out the Flippers. 1960 FUDGE 7 About fourteen hundred quintals were shared by [me and my] dory mate, about $220 each, being the highest dory in the share.
