Wed, May 20
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Opponents of the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska have recruited the skipper of a high-profile crab boat for their campaign against the development. Sig Hansen has a recurring role in the "Deadliest Catch" cable TV reality show. ...
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source: Discovery Channel
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Published Tue, Nov 3
source: Deadliest Catch
Just a clip from Season 1, episode 1 of Deadliest Catch. A lot has changed since that first season. Gone is the derby style of fishing when the boats and crews would be competing against each other as well as the clock atempting to haul as many crab as possible before the season [...]
Published Mon, Sep 21
'Deadliest Catch' a cowboy race to cap-and-trade 
source: topix.com
The Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" is a reality series based on the toil and tyranny of crab fishing in the Bering Sea.
Published Wed, Aug 26
Select Deadliest Catch DVD’s Blu-Ray 50% Off Time Running Out! 
source: Deadliest Catch
Other titles available as well. Click Below… Hurry, offer expires 8/22, 11:59pm EST BLU-RAY BLOWOUT: Get 50% off select Blu-Ray DVDs by entering promo code BLU50 at checkout Forty-foot waves, freezing temperatures and a nearly 100-percent injury rate. Crab fishing off the Alaskan co...
Published Mon, Aug 17
Star sightings: 'Deadliest Catch' guys at Discovery Cove 
source: topix.com
Something tells me we're not in the Bering Sea anymore. Two crab fishermen from the Northwestern -- as seen on Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch -- visited Discovery Cove this week.
Published Wed, Aug 5
Deadliest Catch Season Finale Shipwrecked 
source: Deadliest Catch
As the end of Oplio season draws to a close the entire fleet is being pummeled by a fierce Artic storm. With more crab left to catch to fulfill their quota, Captain Keith has the crew on the Wizard playing a game of cat and mouse with the weather. The crew scrambles out on deck [...]
Published Tue, Jul 28
"Deadliest Catch" seamen say fishermen not greedy 
source: topix.com
Boat captains from the U.S. television show "Deadliest Catch," which chronicles the perils of Bering Sea crab fishing, say small commercial fishermen are unfairly blamed in the debate over declining fish populations.
Published Tue, Jul 28
Deadliest Catch Captain’s Biography Featuring Sig Hansen 
source: Deadliest Catch
Sig Hansen Sig Hansen Sig Hansen aboard the F/V Northwestern Born April 28, 1966 (1966-04-28) (age 43) United States Occupation Captain Sigurd Lille Hansen (born April 28, 1966) is the Seattle, Washington-based Captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern. Hansen has been prominentl...
Published Mon, Jul 27