Deadliest Catch is a documentary television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab, bairdi crab, and opilio crab fishing seasons. The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is the base of operations for the fishing fleet. The show's title derives from the inherent high risk of injury or death associated with the work.
Casey posted on Instagram Today: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjWyVQ_Locc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
He also commented on a recent Facebook Post: "Not on the show. I moved to the Oil spill response/ salvage/ tug world. I have many adventures ahead, but crab fishing doesn’t really exist anymore, and I need to continue to make money." https://fb.watch/f-80RT7Spa/
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I wonder where he is operating. I’d imagine it’s less stressful than running gear with crew on deck in the middle of a storm in the Bering Sea. Probably making just as much (although who knows, if he has an ownership stake of CM). Glad he’s free and clear of the drama.
This IG reel has a Kodiak, Alaska tag on it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjWyVQ_Locc/?igshid=NGI3YWI1Y2U=
Less stressful? Maybe but it is debatable. More like long times of boredom with times of unbelievable stress but it is a different stress. More money, probably about the same excluding the ownership aspect but it is a guaranteed income not dependent on the amount of fish caught, so it will always be consistent with zero worries of not making money. I would never fish because it’s not worth the stress of not getting paid. There’s alot of things you don’t see in the fishing world and maybe think fishing is a cash bonanza but it’s not. If you don’t catch fish, you don’t get paid and it’s that simple. I have heard countless stories of crews not getting paid or very very little after months of work.
The posts about what he is doing is confusing. Above it says he is oil response and salvage. That doesn’t make sense to me because it is usually one or the other. His IG post says he is doing ship assist. None of those three jobs make sense together. It’s usually one or the other but not all three. If it is oil response, that‘s a gravy train job where they anchor up or tie off and wait in mandated spots throughout Alaska in case of a spill. This was one of the new safety rules enacted after the Valdez Oil Spill. Those guys are all union too, so it has benefits, retirement and medical. Ship assist is super stressful, it’s not easy and the chances of fucking up are huge, nevermind the injury factor. It’s a mistake free job or bad shit will happen. Great job in the summer, fucking awful in the winter. Ships do not stop or hide in bad weather, we keep steaming port to port no matter the weather, which means the tugs need to assist us in all weather. On the ships I sail on, once we hit about 5 knots, it is 100% on the tugs to put us in place. We lose all control of the ship and the tug is moving us around. Not easy work.
Figured he'd land on his feet quickly enough. Sad to see the whole Josh case + fishery closures + climate change + rising costs for fuel and manpower and supplies and everything else pushed him out, though. All the best to him, and I bet that job's much safer than crab fishing 😉
Good for him, leaving the drama and BS behind.
So he’s clearly out on Josh and the CM. Good for him. I think this is probably the end of DC.
There’s plenty of other boats and crews. Unless someone can link DC or Discovery production personnel to previous knowledge of the Josh Harris information I think the show is going to continue as long as it makes WB-Discovery money.
Although this all seems a little too convenient: Bloodlines not renewed. Casey’s new job. Return Of The Viking startup. Maybe I’m just a conspiracy nut but there’s starting to be too many coincidences IMO.
I’d watch Casey drive a tug. That’s a spin off I’d watch. But they gotta show the hard work. Don’t just show a problem and then it’s all if a sudden fixed. Show the hard work not the drama.
This will probably be in your future
Lol ya that would be fun to watch lmao
They need to get all these shows back to more tech hands in struggles, watching the management level troubleshooting just isn’t what the core demo wants to see.
I think by all accounts the show has pretty much run it’s course by now. It’s extremely repetitive and scripted and isn’t what it once was. The Josh stuff is press they do not need, so it’s probably just easier to cut their losses and end the show.
It doesn’t help the fishery is shut down unless discovery plans to pay for everyone to fish around the world on their dollar.
Why is the fishery shut down?
I just read that Jeff Silva has 100% ownership of Ula'Ula as of April 2022. Seems like he wasn't happy with trying to expand the business outside of HI. That's probably the bigger reason why Bloodline was cancelled.
I could take the reverse angle and say that both Casey and Jeff took moves way before this became public because they knew it was coming out.
My comment about Jeff and his feelings on the expansion was actually taken direct from Ula'Ula's website. But I see your point.
And you do get the Alaska fishery for king crab is closed for possibly the next year or two. So its understandable for Casey to look for other work. And sign and jake to look to make money in a new fishery.
People are ax acting like "pooh we took down josh and ruined the show" nature, climate change and over fishing ruined the show not a bunch of basement dwelling internet busy bodies.
Are you being compensated for insulting (or rather trying to) anyone who voices an opinion on Josh’s crimes and how his DC celebrity could actually aid him in continuing to offend?
What’s he up to these days? Has word gotten far enough that whoever he is dating knows to take extra precautions on behalf of their children… and possibly extra precautions to not have any children with him?
Nope just tired of it. For the most part the world found out about a 20 year old crime that sentence was served for and overall didnt give as fuck. Josh got fired. Fine take your victory lap for that. But this idea this had somehow now destroying the show? I mean please delusions of grandeur is about all that could be called.
If the fishery wasn't closed the show would have chugged right along with josh.
Crab stocks run in cycles, people blame these things on the aforementioned issues every time stocks are low. Back in the 60's you'd be lucky to see a 10 average.
Yes because they are ou ver fished. But even in the course of this show the captains have mentioned ths f iui shing is different as crab has moved in response to warmer seas.
Omfg climate change my ass
They literally cite warming in the Bearing sea as one of the causes of the closure.
I wouldn't be so sure about that.... Not that this confirms much but he still follows Josh on IG 🤢
This is awesome news. Good for him. I just watched one of my favorite older episodes. It was filled with authentic storylines. One them was the CM was tied to a dock in a storm and the ropes were were being stressed/damaged to the point of failure. The ship was in real danger of being blown into rocks on the nearby shore. Casey organized all his best crew members (and Scotty Hillstrand) in untying the ropes while he gunned the engines to swing the boat around the dock so they could tie it down in a safer fashion. He also called in a tug boat to help push the boat against the wind. It was riveting to watch and Casey orchestrated the entire thing, start to finish. I’m not surprised that he would also make a great tugboat captain. Oh, and Josh was nowhere to be found.
Didn’t he just pour nearly $1M into refurbishing the CM?!
No josh paid the majority of that with the other shareholders paying approx 16% each. Im assuming Casey will be selling his share in the CM or will be a silent shareholder from here out. Smart move either way, but the negative publicity I’d say silent shareholder would be smartest with the lack of interest in buying into the CM
But Casey admitting crabbing is no longer viable $$ option suggests he wants out imo. Just speculating of course but I hear you about him being a silent partner. Makes sense too assuming Casey can still stomach Josh.
A lot of the crabbers have been saying that crabbing not viable unless you have a DC contract and that DC boats have been screwing up the market for quota because the boats on the show can afford to overpay for quota because their economics are different.
This right here. Several articles over the years about deadliest catch pissing off the non tv captains and subsidizing the industry while driving prices down.
Yeah thats how I understood the comment that ‘crabbing is dead’, TBH im not surprised based on what they showed on DC with the near empty pots and all the news about decreasing crab populations ( there been at least 2 articles in the last couple of months ). Add to that the increasing cost of fuel…
Honestly crab may not be viable long term, short term it will be. If crabbing goes the way of whaling (big no no) then Casey still owns a portion of the CM. Many fishing ventures are possible from cod and salmon. Dungeness crab is still a very lucrative derby fishery too. So as a silent partner, owner, investor whatever you want to call it it’s still a smart move on his part for some income. Best of luck to him honestly. He’s a hell of a captain and I hope discovery offer him and Jeff a show
Gotta respect a man who looks out for his family. Congrats on the new gig, man.
So will this be the next spinoff, Casey’s own show?
I could watch a Casey show......he's always at least appeared less scripted than the other nonsense. Who knows maybe he's just a better actor....LOL
Lmao you have an excellent point there! I always liked Casey, and felt similar as you about him.
Tug boat life as a DC show, really?
I’ve got an idea, follow a boat to the shipyard and paint the hull and watch it dry.
same amount of excitement.
Who is going to keep the passenger chair warm while playing on his phone
Rick Ness maybe?
I saw a recent picture of him, he looks really rough. Looks like he aged 10 years.
I'm betting that they bring Jake back next season as the "shocking turn of events". We did see Jake was working on the CM while Josh was in Hawaii doing Bloodline.
For all saying this would be a good show, there was a show on Discovery or History Channel several years back about tug boat captains, it was interesting. There also was one about salvage/boater assistance (I think they were separate)
It was Great Lakes Warriors.
It lasted one season and was based on the Great Lakes. Had some tugs in Duluth and Chicago that I remember, and Thunder Bay thanks to Google.
Used to see some of the Chicago featured tugs on the river when I worked there years ago.
Wow that’s crazy
Not really. 6 months away from family. Seasonal work. Vrs full time employment assuming he is close to home.
So he's no longer on cm?
Lmao what a move.