Mike Rowe discusses Deadliest Catch & Dirty Jobs on Craig Ferguson

King Crab

source: TIME, April 7th, 1967 
Nine miles off Alaska’s Kachemak Bay, Skipper Gene Cameron and his two crewmen maneuvered the 40-ft. Kathy C. along a string of buoys and hauled crab pots, one at a time, from the bottom, 100 ft. below. By day’s end, the trawler’s tanks were crawling with 6,624 lbs. of Alaskan king [...]

Frozen King

source: TIME, Aug 4th, 1947
Into Bellingham, Wash, from its maiden voyage last week chugged a sturdy 140-ft. trawler with a new kind of catch. In the Deep Sea’s hold, frozen and packaged, were 150,000 pounds of king crab, the first to be caught commercially by any U.S. fishermen. As a result of the Deep Sea’s venture, [...]

Baron of the Brine

source: TIME, Nov 4th, 1946 (the first big floating fish cannery owned by the U.S. Government.)
In Seattle’s sprawling Todd Drydocks, workmen this week put the finishing touches on a strange vessel. On its flush deck were a twin-motored seaplane and a radio tower. On port and starboard decks were long rows of machines connected by conveyor [...]