Up in the crows nest

By | Published: December 9, 2004

In a another part of my life, I worked in the commercial fishing industry in Alaska (The Bering Sea more specifically). The Bering Sea is known for the King Crab Fishery. Commercial fishing for king crab is commonly referred to as the most dangerous job in the world. I primarily worked on a trawler that fished for pollock, and worked for short period of time on crab boat where we retro fitted all the crab pots for catching cod. All the hard work of crabbing, however due to the time of year and location of the fishing grounds, not as dangerous as king crab, no where near as much money.

I recently had a bunch of 35mm negatives from one of my fishing trips scanned to digital format, which is why I am bothering to explain this at all.

So here are the photos:

American Empress

These are pictures of the boat I worked on for this trip. It was approximately 300ft long, with a crew of 140 people.

The Bering Sea

Landscape pictures of the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands

Eagle

Pictures of an Eagle that visited our boat

On Deck

Pictures on the deck of the American Empress

Factory

The factory on the boat, where the fish where skinned, filleted, and gutted