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The Ghost Catch at Brigantine Cove
≈ 9 min
The Brigantine Cove Co-operative Fishers' Association distributes quarterly earnings among its member vessels on the basis of landed catch weight as recorded at the co-operative weigh station. Fleet Secretary Ezra Mouton has submitted the summer-quarter settlement statement covering the three months ending 30 September 1922, claiming each vessel's share of the pooled proceeds. The co-operative's auditor has been asked to verify Mouton's statement against the weigh-station tally, the fish merchant's invoice, the vessel register, and one member's corroborating letter before the cheques are drawn. One line in the statement cannot be reconciled with the independent records.
The scene
Brigantine Cove Fishing Fleet Cooperative, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1922
Source documents
- Brigantine Cove Co-operative Weigh-Station Tally, Summer Quarter 1922
- Garrison & Kehoe Fish Merchants — Purchase Invoice No. 441, October 1922
- Nova Scotia Fisheries Vessel Register, Brigantine Cove District, 1922
- Letter from Lorne Gallant, Owner of PERSISTENCE, to Co-operative Chairman, 8 October 1922
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