Add to ORKGplanter nThe name [planter] means a sort of middle-man who stands between the merchant and the fisherman. He takes his supplies direct from the merchant, to whom he is accountable, and distributes them among a number of fishermen at the commencement of the season. These fish- ermen either work directly under his control on his premises, or they carry on operations apart, under his eye, and at the close of the season hand over the proceeds of their labour in payment of the advances. The planter again passes the fish to the the exporting merchant.G.M.Story June 1959PRINTED ITEM DNE-citUsed IUsed I2Not use