Discovery Channel's TV Series on crab fishing in Alaska. "Deadliest Catch". Series 7 recently concluded but reruns are frequently shown. For schedule and more details check out the Deadliest Catch website.
"Alaska was
incredibly beautiful-even the tundra-and I would love to
go back either to work or
travel. Your info was very helpful and down-to-earth,
if not a little too pessimistic (which is good). It was
a big
help to understanding what I was getting into."
- Ryan K.
Gowen, MO
The fishing industry in Alaska is a diverse business
encompassing everything from giant factory trawlers with crews
of over 100 workers, to small two-man gillnetting boats, to over
70 onshore processing plants in five
different regions of the state. Overall these employers employee
over 65,000 people.
Warning: Explicit language in the following video
See our Alaska
jobs calendar,
for approximate start and stop dates of all the major fisheries.
Check out our Alaska Job FAQ area to
read
about the answers to a number of typical questions regarding
working
in the fishing industry.
