![]() ![]() In Season 10, a government shutdown kept the Bering Sea crab boats tied up at the dock. “Deadliest Catch” is no stranger to drama, including the year that Hansen suffered a massive heart attack on his ship. One fishing vessel not involved with “Deadliest Catch” disappeared in the Bering Sea, with six fishermen lost. Watson said it was the worst season he has seen in 13 years of the show. READ MORE: ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Filmmakers on Al Gore and Fighting Climate Change in the Trump Era - Sundance 2017Ī smaller crab quota wasn’t the only thing impacting the “Deadliest Crab” fishermen this season: The warmer waters opened up one hurricane-force style storm after another, thrashing the show’s fishing boats more than usual. And plan your fishing strategy accordingly. You have to have an idea what these species are doing at all times and why. I think a good fisherman needs to be an amateur marine biologist to be really successful. This is a changing world and these guys are either having to adapt or they won’t survive… There is something to be said for heeding to science. I think everyone agrees that the climate is changing anyone with a thermometer isn’t denying that. We’re there to experience what they’re experiencing, to witness it and to see how they overcome it… The facts are what the facts are.”Īdded Watson: “There’s nothing political in the way we’re discussing it. When it comes to the issue of the warming waters they’re experiencing, for us it’s about the what, not the why. It isn’t controversial because all we’re doing is telling their story. “These guys are heroic, they have a job to do and they go out and do it in some of the most demanding circumstances imaginable. “We are telling the story of these fishermen,” Boyle said. But it still, nevertheless, could be an informative depiction of how the warming of the ocean is having an immediate impact on people’s livelihoods. But Watson and Boyle caution that “Deadliest Catch” makes sure not to wade into the politics of climate change. ![]() This talk of climate change is sure to enlighten some of the show’s fans but give others pause, particularly some red state audiences. ![]() ![]() I can guarantee you that this fleet will not quit… But we’re always fearful that this will be our last year.” “Deadliest Catch” Discovery Channel Nobody is going to take away a fishermen’s way of life. Said Hansen: “The fleet is going to need to go further and deeper. How does that impact him and the other guys, if they have to rewrite the rule book on how to fish crab in the Bering Sea?” “Sig is fishing areas that have been proven year after year and suddenly things aren’t working like they used to. They found very quickly that it wasn’t quite that simple.”īoyle called it a “game changer year” for the business. “There were a few captains who thought it was hooey,” Boyle said. They all planned their fishing accordingly. Of the six captains on the show, two don’t fully subscribe to the concept of climate change. If you look at just the business impact of climate change up there, it can be massive.” The conditions forced us, if we were going to tell an authentic story, to discuss what was going on and how this world has been rapidly changing. Watson said the show didn’t consciously plan to discuss climate change on the show, but “we didn’t have a choice. ![]()
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