supercargo n Cp OED ~ 'officer aboard merchant ship ... to superintend the cargo.' One employed by a merchant aboard a vessel collecting fish to sort the dried and salted cod into grades by quality and size; CULLER.
1936 SMITH 17 After the next time spread it would be shipped on board the dry fish vessel and the supercargo would inspect it and pass his verdict; there was no talk then of bad cargoes. 1977 BUTLER 38 I want you to be skipper, supercargo (or clerk) and obtain a fish culler's licence. 1981 HUSSEY 101 My father went as supercargo on a dry fish collector [i.e.] a man aboard the ship to keep account and tally every quintal of fish that went into the hold.
