CASH COUNTS From Season One and Two

Posted on April 17, 2007 by opilia

 If it appears odd, please remember that season 1 of Deadliest Catch was the last Derby-style season and what the fishing vessels brought in was all theirs.  Not so in season 2.  In season 2, IFQs (individual fishing quotas) applied and quota leasing as well, so the numbers in season 2 are larger but a  portion of the “leased” quota went back to a third party–the owner of the leased quota.    

Fishing Vessels                 Gross Earned                     Crew Pay

KING CRAB  Season 1

Lucky Lady                                   $113,711.00                             $ 8,000.00

Western Viking                             $149,584.00                            $ 6,000.00

Sea Star                                          $164,802.00                           $ 7,000.00

Saga                                                $187,896.00                            $ 8,000.00

Fierce Allegiance                          $271,121.00                            $10,000.00

Northwestern                               $363,188.00                           $16,000.00

OPILIO CRAB  Season 1

Billikin                                            $213,000.00                          $10,700.00

Lady Alaska                                  $269,000.00                          $13,500.00

Retriever                                      $274,000.00                           $16,400.00

Maverick                                      $362,000.00                           $21,700.00

Northwestern                              $385,000.00                           $27,000.00

KING CRAB  Season 2

Maverick                                      $304,975.00                           $18,743.00

Rollo                                              $321,203.00                           $19,272.00

Timebandit                                  $424,576.00                           $21,234.00

Northwestern                              $700,000.00                         $47,000.00

CorneliaMarie                             $800,000.00                          $30,000.00

OPILIO CRAB  Season 2

Timebandit                                 $215,000.00                            $12,000.00

Maverick                                     $234,000.00                           $10,500.00

Rollo                                             $370,000.00                           $21,000.00

CorneliaMarie                            $528,000.00                            $26,500.00

Northwestern                            $660,000.00                           $30,000.00

Filed under: Deadliest Catch 1, Deadliest Catch 2

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4 Responses to “CASH COUNTS From Season One and Two”

  1. AllWeatherGal, on May 17th, 2007 at 2:18 pm Said:

    How was it that the Northernwestern’s take was $100K less than the CorneliaMarie, but the deckhand payout was significantly larger? Smaller crew? ??

  2. opilia, on May 17th, 2007 at 7:49 pm Said:

    I think you’re right. Northwestern’s crew is usually as small as what Sig Hansen can get it. I also dont know if all crab skippers necessarily pay the same. Remember, in season 1, the Northwestern had a greenhorn who earned a much smaller wage then full share deckhands, that alone left a little more for the rest.

  3. simon bourassa, on July 23rd, 2007 at 11:50 pm Said:

    how do i do to become one of the deck hands on the northwestern boat

  4. Meghan Hause, on July 24th, 2007 at 11:46 pm Said:

    I recall that Sig posted something about this on Discovery forums that he got a higger price for their crab than Phil did. Plus Sig’s boat didn’t experince two back to back engine failures, which increases the coast of running the boat. Also in the Snow crab season, Sig had only four crew members running the boat at that time.

    Plus with Maverick getting smaller cut for the crew when compare to the Time Bandit, is the fact that the Maverick lost two of her pots at the a coast around S1,000 each.

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