Deadliest Catch Fans: Keep your fingers crossed for Emmy awards!

For the 2nd consecutive year, Doug Stanley–one of the “Deadliest Catch” directors of photography–has been nominated for an Emmy award.  His brother Todd is also nominated along with three other camera operators for the Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming category.  Altogether, “Deadliest Catch” has been nominated for 4 Emmy awards.
     Nothing against “Planet Earth” and [...]

For Die Hard Fans: Video on History of king crab fishing in the Bering Sea

Prior to Deadliest Catch, America’s Deadliest Season, and Deadliest Jobs, films made about King crab fishing in the Bering sea were few and far between.  One of those few has been posted on Youtube.  It offers plenty of king crab history but without most of the excitement of Deadliest Catch. The following 3 video clips add up to [...]

Yes it’s true, the Deadliest Catch Fishermen are Famous

 I’ve read the blogs and heard the stories of the abundance of fans in Dover, Delaware that greeted the Deadliest Catch skippers and deckhands also known as :”The Bad Boys of the Bering Sea”.  Ron MacArthur from the Cape Gazette reports the same in his own words…
“Fans mob ‘Deadliest Catch’
stars during stop in Dover
Captains and [...]

Coming up next: Lobster Wars!

 Coming up this Thursday, Aug. 23rd: Lobster Wars
 (From OriginalProductions) “200 miles off the coast of New England, in the turbulent waters of the North Atlantic, a battle is being waged over lobster. As lobstermen set out from historic fishing towns like Gloucester, MA and Point Judith, RI, they continue a tradition that pre-dates the Pilgrims. [...]

Deadliest Catch crew in Dover Downs, Delaware did more then sign autographs: see the photos

The first stop of the Deadliest Catch crew–dubbed The Bad Boys of the Bering Sea–was Dover Downs, Delaware.  As you may know, they appeared for a meet and greet at the Terrace lounge at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, where they had an autograph session for a surprisingly extra-large crowd.  Word has it the whole [...]

Unique merchandise offered at Deadliest Catch events

Why attend an event by the Deadliest Catch celebs? If you don’t, you’ll never get one of these babies! When the Deadliest Catch skippers make an official appearance, it seems like unique merchandise accompanies them every time!  For anyone collecting Deadliest Catch goodies, here’s a couple of the newer ones spotted out and about…Directly below, [...]

Tuna Wranglers review

While the frigid Bering sea waters is the greatest threat to the crab fishermen we’ve all become acquainted with in the last three years on Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, the tuna wranglers who ply the much warmer ocean waters off the Southern Australian coast face a danger I have yet to see any commercial fishermen contend [...]

Commercial Fishing still the most dangerous job

The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics has released their National Census Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2006.  “Farming, Fishing and Forestry worker fatalities decreased 11 percent in 2006, but when considering fish and related fishing workers such as captains and mates, fatalities proved slightly higher then last year. ”  Tom Van Riper on Forbes.com [...]