And it was so difficult to get started on all of our backup plans for the fleet and for the processors and government. That’s the problem with all the different protocols – we had a different protocol on our own vessel we have protocols by the state of Alaska there is a protocol in Dutch Harbor and for each individual town.
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Sig Hansen It was probably one of the more difficult just to get the season to begin and get us started – because we didn’t know how to start. We chatted with Hansen about this most unorthodox crabbing season and all the challenges that went with it: The “alliance” he somehow got the other skippers to go along with – including coaxing Jonathan Hillstrand out of semiretirement to give it another go – and watching his daughter Mandy continue and get closer to piloting her own vessel someday.Ĭhris Cocoles Because of COVID, was this a season like no other for what you had to go through, prepare for and try to avoid infections? “I’m trying to think what’s worse: Being at home because of COVID or being on the ocean because of the water?” he said. Hansen, at 54 and still going strong despite two previous heart attacks, is like the rest of us, trudging along despite the lockdowns and protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not an easy life, even without trying to avoid mass coronavirus outbreaks and filling quotas. Right from the first episode, the cynics that night seemed to be vindicated during an early trip on the water, with Hansen getting plenty of figurative side-eyes from his colleagues. But that was one of many hurdles to clear for the fishing vessels chronicled on Deadliest Catch, which premiered its 17th season on April 20. So goes the sense of desperation to keep the crabbing fleet afloat during a global health crisis. “You’re asking a number of boats to work together as a team?” Keith Colburn, summing up the level of skepticism you can sense in this fireside chat. “If you’re honest, which is a really difficult word for you,” retorts Capt. “That’s the bottom line.”Īs you might expect, many among the men are thinking more “a-lie-ance” than alliance. Sig Hansen, the ringleader of this Survivor-like plan, tells the group. “Guys, we represent so much of the quota right here if we can work together, we can cut down our time, and we can find the crab that much faster,” Capt. The following appears in the May issue of Alaska Sporting Journal:ĭeadliest Catch’s Sig Hansen, captain of the crabbing boat Northwestern, says “paranoia” was a common theme for the crews of the vessels that fish the Bering Sea during a season made even more challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (DISCOVERY CHANNEL)Įight crabbing captains or co- captains – alpha personalities, all – stand around a fire on a crisp Alaska night, pondering how to reach a fleet quota while a pandemic threatens to shut down an entire industry.
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