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Deadliest Catch season 17 – What a Time to be Alive!
In season 17, Discovery says that “half the crab boats of the Bering Sea fleet are tied up in Seattle” while “an existential threat faces the fishermen who make the long-haul trip to Dutch Harbor, Alaska,” because they face “a potential closure of the entire fishery” for the 2021 season. The crab survey conducted during the summer by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game didn’t happen because of C0VID-19, and that means “the captains will be fishing blind with no charts or guidance on where to find crab on the grounds, making an already challenging season even more difficult,” short trailer, >click to read< 10:03
“Deadliest catch”? Not even in the top three
In the 11th season of Discovery Channel’s flagship show “The Deadliest Catch,” the title’s fallacy still goes largely unnoted. Crab fishing on the Bering Sea isn’t the deadliest fishery in the United States, and it hasn’t been for the entire run of the show; it’s not even in the top three. Two East Coast fisheries are the ones where fishermen are most likely to become fish food. Groundfish—including cod and flounder—on the East Coast was the deadliest fishery in the U.S, followed by Atlantic scallops. The third, with which I have personal experience, is Dungeness crab fishing on the Oregon and Washington coasts. Read the rest here 08:36
To the Bering Sea and back. Deadliest Catch Captain Derrick Ray shares a behind-the-scenes look at the popular TV show
If you were a fan of The Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel, you either loved him or you hated him. Regardless,
it was a turning point in the series when Captain Phil Harris left unexpectedly due to health issues, leaving the Cornelia Marie without a captain. Interesting. Read more
