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A DANGEROUS SEASON: CRAB FISHING AT A CROSSROADS

October 23, 2003

The story in pictures

Check out Karen Ducey's photos of life aboard the F/V Exito during the Bristol Bay crab season -- five days of gale-force winds, rough seas and around-the-clock labor.

Posted by newmedia at October 23, 2003 04:09 PM
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Karen & Mike...we met in Dutch. I was one of the Coast Guard guys showing you around. The pics and the story were great. Glad to see that you and everyone else on the EXITO made it back okay. Sounds like you are ready to become full share crew now. Now that you have been out there, you can see why the USCG pushes so hard on the safety issues within this fleet. I think that the interactions between the USCG & this fleet should be the focus of another story.

Take care,

Chris Woodley

Posted by: Chris Woodley at October 23, 2003 10:08 PM

Crab fishing has always been my interest. But I just don't know how to go about getting on a fishing vessel. I know it's dangerous but I'm always up to a challenge with safety ALWAYS a priority. I am keen of my surroundings and work best when under stress. Any takers?

Posted by: Brandon Woodenlegs at November 10, 2003 06:46 AM

Karen:

Your pictures are great. I have framed your picture of Wanda and it hangs in the family room where you visited.

Best regards

Bill Kramer
Wanda's Dad

Posted by: Bill Kramer at November 16, 2003 08:28 AM

Karen:

Your pictures are great. I have framed your picture of Wanda and it hangs in the family room where you visited.

Best regards

Bill Kramer
Wanda's Dad

Posted by: Bill Kramer at November 16, 2003 08:28 AM

Karen,
Wow, what a discovery, this site.
I am one of the Discovery Camera guys that you wrote of. Our trip was so fabulous.
I was aboard the 104' "Sea Star", one of the smallest boats in the fleet. I ended up breaking a rib or two and getting so bruised on my palms that it was difficult and painful to continue to hang-on sometimes.
Bigger waves and colder temps are headed our way again. As I write this I have just completed building a multi-camera waterproof system for the Sea Star. I am flying back to Dutch for Opelio Crab Season, headed toward Russia this time. We will be at sea three times as long this time. You were right, cameras were rolling on the Raven, We also interviewed crew members.
Our three hour project will be among the very best that I have ever worked on. Wanna See it?
Keep an eye on Discovery Channel for Airdates beginning in Mar? You can also check at origprod.com Our executive producer Thom Beers' site. Bottom line. Crab fishing the Bering Sea is amazing and fabulous. People are always saying "man, those fisherman guys never get to sleep". I don't understand it. Even after they had worked an extremely long shift and finally found their bunks, I stayed awake.
Who could sleep! I was in the middle of the Bering Sea for crying out loud. Even at rest my heart still pounded. I would look out upon the now empty deck of the boat and marvel that a truely lawless environment still exist. If this deck was a heaving factory on the mainland nobody would be allowed to work there, probably would not even be allowed near the thing. Ah, yes folks the wild, wild west still exists.

I'll check in when I return in Feb.

Doug Stanley
Producer/Cameraman

Posted by: Doug Stanley at January 3, 2004 06:39 PM

Karen,
Wow, what a discovery, this site.
I am one of the Discovery Camera guys that you wrote of. Our trip was so fabulous.
I was aboard the 104' "Sea Star", one of the smallest boats in the fleet. I ended up breaking a rib or two and getting so bruised on my palms that it was difficult and painful to continue to hang-on sometimes.
Bigger waves and colder temps are headed our way again. As I write this I have just completed building a multi-camera waterproof system for the Sea Star. I am flying back to Dutch for Opelio Crab Season, headed toward Russia this time. We will be at sea three times as long this time. You were right, cameras were rolling on the Raven, We also interviewed crew members.
Our three hour project will be among the very best that I have ever worked on. Wanna See it?
Keep an eye on Discovery Channel for Airdates beginning in Mar? You can also check at origprod.com Our executive producer Thom Beers' site. Bottom line. Crab fishing the Bering Sea is amazing and fabulous. People are always saying "man, those fisherman guys never get to sleep". I don't understand it. Even after they had worked an extremely long shift and finally found their bunks, I stayed awake.
Who could sleep! I was in the middle of the Bering Sea for crying out loud. Even at rest my heart still pounded. I would look out upon the now empty deck of the boat and marvel that a truely lawless environment still exist. If this deck was a heaving factory on the mainland nobody would be allowed to work there, probably would not even be allowed near the thing. Ah, yes folks the wild, wild west still exists.

I'll check in when I return in Feb.

Doug Stanley
Producer/Cameraman

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Lewis Mike Lewis has been a reporter at the Seattle P-I for 3 1/2 years. This was his first trip to Alaska.
Lewis Karen Ducey became a staff photographer at the P-I earlier this year. Before joining the paper, she worked in and photographed Alaska's commercial fishing industry for more than a decade.
 
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· October 2003

Recent Entries
· Pukeless in Seattle
· Bracing for a harrowing flight home
· The story in pictures
· Heading back to Dutch Harbor
· Deckhand dies
· Crab season ends; mood is muted
· The end is in sight
· Wave knocks out Ruff & Reddy's windows
· Grim reminders
· Discovery on the Bering Sea

 
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Feature articles:
· Crabbing industry faces a sea change
· Before jets, coffee and software, boats brought us windfall
· In high gear on treacherous seas
· Exito's crab catch down, but crew is in one piece
· Alaska's wild, woolly bar scene has calmed in recent years
· Alaska's 'SOB' just may get crab bill passed

Gallery:
Karen Ducey captured the king crab season in pictures.

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