Phil Harris, Sig Hansen, and Mike Rowe on EW

PHIL HARRIS and SIG HANSEN, THE DEADLIEST CATCH
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Alaskan crab fishing has this reputation of being the most dangerous job in the world. But how hard is it really?

PHIL HARRIS: Guys think that they can do that job. And 99.9 percent of the people can’t. The last guy I hired, he was [...]

Last Discovery Livechat: Jeff Conroy, Co-exec. producer

 Discovery has posted the last livechat of the season and it was with Jeff Conroy, co-executive producer of Deadliest Catch.  If you’d like to finally learn whatever happened to the rotten fish that Edgar and Sig Hansen hid on the F/V Maverick, and if you’d like to hear a few things about future season of [...]

Deadliest Catch Fishermen Headed to the Publishing World?

I just read this interesting bit of information… it sounds as though a new project has been commenced by some of the Deadliest Catch skippers…I’m sure we’ll hear more on this later….
“Fresh from the book deal announcements on Publishers Marketplace:
Co-captains Andy Hillstrand and Johnathan Hillstrand (featured on Discovery Channel’s series Deadliest Catch) with Malcolm MacPherson’s [...]

Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal on the cusp of a revival

 SEATTLE (AP) - As a fisherman, Paul Matson knows that good news is a fleeting friend, terrific for a quick chat but always checking her watch. Bad news, in turn, lingers like a deadbeat cousin stitched to the living room sofa.
So forgive his hesitation to say things have turned around for good at Seattle’s Fishermen’s [...]

F/V Wizard Greenhorn Guy, says he won’t do it again

Former local man in deep water
CLARKSBURG — Guy Kisielewski was born far from the ocean in Bennington, Vt. After growing up in Clarksburg, going to school in North Adams and working with horses in Delaware most of his life, the 37-year-old decide try something else — the deadliest job in the world, in the middle [...]

Production Diary #12: MAGIC & WONDER

This is the new production diary posted just now on the Discovery website by Doug Stanley, producer and photographer of Deadliest Catch.  During filming, Doug was part of the team that travelled with the F/V Timebandit. 

Film and Photography crews in Alaska
Every once in a while, when I’m aboard the Time Bandit, the subfreezing temperatures, wind [...]

RAGNHILD MONCRIEF of the F/V Far West Leader

 Ragnhild Moncrief was kind enough to provide me with  information for this and it’s much appreciated!  And she’s a busy person with her own work and  the F/V Far West Leader with her husband, Greg.  Not to mention she also now has a myspace, a Greg and Ragnhild website and also a  Far West Leader website.  Please [...]

Upcoming Shows With Similiarities to Deadliest Catch

First of all…NOTHING replaces Deadliest Catch!  Deadliest Catch is in it’s own class however, there are several shows coming up that seem as if they are “structured” somewhat like Deadliest Catch.  They may prove to be interesting.  Some are starting now and some are still in the works…
LOBSTER WARS :  (Currently in production)  200 miles [...]