foreversnow 5 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 How many people out there watch the Discovery Channel Deadliest Catch. We watch it regularly. What I am interested to know IS IT WORTH THE MONEY????? Sure it would be a heck of a lot of ski trips to Japan but oh my gosh living on Energy Drinks, Cigarettes and no sleep, freezing conditions, rough seas and dicing with death everyday for $35,000+ I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Am pissed off with it now! Ever since they changed it Discovery HD and normal, plebbie one are showing the EXACT same programs now! Why oh why do that! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 So give us a brief idea of what it's all about.... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 sounds so much like fishermen on a trawler in the North Sea. Yawn... Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Pretty much - but its American so it has to be great! Na - its been going on for a few years now - the ups and downs of King Crab fishing in the Bering Strait. Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Do the crabs fight back? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 god bless america. On the other hand, I love King Crabs. Yum.... Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I used to work on a fishing trawler out in Bass Straight off Tasmania. Huge seas, lack of sleep, sea sickness, cold and wet....yep, easily the toughest job I've ever done. Full respect to these guys, even if it is dramatized for T.V. Oh, we used to get king crabs too, but they never made it to market, the crew would always eat them first. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 How big are these dudes? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 those babies are big. The last one I had costed US$200 and it was enough for 6 of us. Mind you we had plenty of drinks too. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 There is something just wrong with the whole idea of going somewhere catching crabs until there basically aren't any left and then moving on. You can see how it plays out.... gradually they start catching fewer and fewer crabs, they resist attempts to regulate the industry - because you know, its my job and my way of life and blah blah blah and then a few years down the track everyone is out of job anyway because there aren't any crabs left or they've moved on to catching a species they used to throw back and the whole process starts again. Every empty cage they bring up is a nail in the coffin of the industry! SAVE THE CRABS PEOPLE! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 yes, save he crabs for me people. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Its been running a few years now and was running before the North Sea one. RD, there are quotas in place, they can only fish for a certain length of time before they have to head into Port. Mind you I dunno if this makes it any more sustainable Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Sorry TB - thats wrong, it used to be timing hence the high mortality rate as they would be pushed to the edge. Now its down on a weight quota and they have as much time as they need to do it in - think its a 2 week window instead of the 3 days? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 You can have my crabs thursday. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 RD - Yeah now you put it like that I don't think i will enjoy watching it as much anymore. I know that whenever they were off loading their catch I would always go make a cuppa as I didn't like how they man handled the crabs Thats why I live on salads!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 crabmeat salads are good. Link to post Share on other sites
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