'Deadliest Catch' Premiere: Search For Blue Crabs Leads To Injury
When the fishermen arrived in Alaska they discovered that the state has cut the red crab quota in half. That means they may have to modify their strategies on this season of "Deadliest Catch" (Tue., 9 p.m. ET on Discovery). The young guns decide to head up north, to more dangerous waters, in search of blue crabs, while the veterans take their chances by sticking with the red.
The Ramblin' Rose quickly learns the increased danger they've take on when a massive wave knocks engineer Aaron Steiner to the deck, where he knocks his head. The early hauls are a little lean -- blue crabs are notoriously more difficult to find -- but there's a lot of season left.
Diane Zee speculates on Gather.com if things can get any worse? "Oh yes," she concludes. "This is 'Deadliest Catch.'"
Follow the new season of "Deadliest Catch" on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Discovery.
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When the fishermen arrived in Alaska they discovered that the state has cut the red crab quota in half. That means they may have to modify their strategies on this season of "Deadliest Catch" (Tue., 9...
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On the whole, I'd say Alaska is the kind of place where people don't tend to cling to outmoded ideas of what makes a woman a woman. Everybody looks equally silly in chest waders.
Promoting selective fishing that wastes little ocean wildlife is one key to the bluefin's recovery. Fishermen who use rods and reels, such as those profiled in Wicked Tuna, can specifically target the species and release undersized fish alive.
It is hard to ignore the crisis that has hit the fisheries worldwide, with the warnings of doom coming fast. One grim estimate has it that seafood will disappear from the ocean by 2048.
Unlike other reality shows, which gin up situations to create fake tension, Deadliest Catch has found real pathos, beyond what any "reality show" could fake.
Captain Sig Hansen, well known for his featured status on Deadliest Catch has used his political capital, as it were, to speak out against Alaska's Deadliest Match; fish and the proposed Pebble Mine Project.
Posted: 04/11/2012 7:35 am Updated: 04/11/2012 10:26 am