F/V Northwestern, F/V Wizard – Deadliest Catch kicks off its 12th season in a row 12 years is coming up on this Discovery Channel Show! Local Ballard – Bering Sea Crabbers are F/V Northwestern and F/V Wizard. The in 2013 Government shutdowns put an epic hold on the King Crab Season. The season started out snotty giving fishermen a bumpy start on the Bering Sea. October 15th is the official opening date, but with the fall government shutdowns it put a freeze on allowing federal organizations to issue IFQ’s to Captains which left fishermen sitting and antcy at the dock, stiring up school of hard knocks trouble, waisting money at the bar and time that is itching away at fishermen!
F/V Cornelia Marie is a long time Deadliest Catch Boat Favorite. Unfortunately, the Cornelia Marie was not optioned by Discovery in 2013. In season 11 last year the Cornelia Marie was back on the show with a complete new refit to the engine room. “Thanks to all for your support!” describes Josh Harris – in his early 30′. Harris ultimately achieved his goal after his fathers passing, and after some schooling this summer to earn the proper credentials, he is now the proud Cornelia Marie’s new skipper! Way to go Josh!
“It was a three-year process of getting the boat,” says Josh Harris. “It took a lot of my money. My kid’s kids will be poor if we don’t make it. We’ve been working on this for quite some time. I put my heart and soul into this whole process, got shot down a couple of times, thought there was no hope, and, at the last second, we struck a deal.”
The Pacific Northwest – Ballard WA is a Deadliest Catch Boat – Groupies Paradise. Who knew that a show about watching guys fish and grind for crab in the Bering Sea of Alaska would a 10 year season run. This freaking show is in over 200 countries world wide. Guys who live in sweat pants, with no fashion sense on or off the boat, curse like crazy, and spend more time at sea then they do with their loved ones – who the heck knew this should would ever have made it this long.
F/V Wizard Monte & Naknek Sea Gal, Salty Dog Boating News
Deadliest Catch – the TV show is a blessing and a curse for some of the show crew members. Going to Vegas with the wife now means ‘women groupies literally trying to jump on top of them!’ In Ballard WA – the fishing fleet heart of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle’s Fishery hot spot is jam packed with fishermen and boats who have been approached by Discovery Channel to be on the show. Of course a lot of boats have turned down this opportunity and just prefer to go fishing and keep their lives private.
Fishermen’s Terminal in Seattle WA is the home of the largerst fishing fleet in the Pacific Northwest. The docks are loaded with workboats, fishermen, tugs, seiners, gillnetters, draggers, crabbers, tenders, research vessels and more. The commercial influence in the NW has a great postivie impact on the pleasure boat and superyacht market – helping the uptight wealthy yachie to ‘chill the frick out!’
F/V Wizard -Bering Sea AK, Crabbers & Draggers at Ballard Oil in Seattle WA
As for government devestating shut downs – Reports showed new research early 2013 that Bristol Bay red king crab — the supersized monster that has come to symbolize the fortunes of Alaska’s crab fleet — could fall victim to the changing chemistry of the oceans. Barring a hasty reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions — or evidence that the creatures could acclimate to changing sea conditions — a team of scientists fears Alaska’s $100 million red king crab fishery could crash in decades to come. That grim possibility also raises alarm about the crab fleet’s other major moneymaker, snow crab.
“With red king crab, it’s all doom and gloom,” said Robert Foy, who oversaw the crab research for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Kodiak, Alaska. “With snow crab, there’s so little known we just can’t say. But we don’t see anything from our experience that’s good for any of these crab. Some is just not as bad as others.”
F/V Northwestern, at Fishermen’s Terminal, booked in a car commercial!
For decades, these storied crustaceans have drawn men and women from Seattle and Alaska to the far reaches of the North Pacific. There, adventurers wrestled 1,000-pound steel cages amid raging seas and aprons of pack ice, hoping to strike it rich on a bounty of flaky meat and accordion legs. The emerging issues with Alaska’s crab underscore the difficulty of trying to comprehend the depth of fallout from ocean acidification.
“You say king crab, and most people associate that with Alaska,” said longtime crab-boat captain Kale Garcia, who lives outside Kent. “So, for it to go away, that’s a huge part of the identity for Alaska. I think it’d be devastating.”
F/V Jennifer A. Highliner Crabber, F/V Breanna A. Superstar SE AK Tender!
Red king crab is the showboat of the Northwest’s billion-dollar fishing industry. It is a television sensation for Deadliest Catch the TV show going on its 10th season in 2014 – and a marketer’s dream, its image emblazoned on bumper stickers, mugs, caps and T-shirts throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
F/V Jennifer A. Bering Sea Crabber Sean Dwyer making Father Pat Dwyer proud!
It is even a tourist attraction: Cruise-ship passengers stopping in Ketchikan pay $159 for a half-day ride to watch crews haul marine life aboard a 107-foot crab boat that appeared on Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch.” For example – The 54 million pounds of snow crab caught in 2011 brought the fleet $115 million dockside, while 14.8 million pounds of red king crab brought nearly as much — $92.5 million. And it can fetch around – $39.99 a pound at Pike Place Market.
F/V Paragon next to, Fishermen’s Terminal Spring Tug Boat Fire
Commercial Fishing Boats Waterfront Spotting Visit:
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Crabbing attracts tough adrenaline junkies who disappear for weeks & months into the storm-buffeted frontier of the Bering Sea of ALASKA!
