The greenhorns started to feel fatigued after only one night.
The crews of the ships set all of their crab pots and waited to retrieve them. The ships departed to sea for the king crab season.
Introductions to the crews of the ships and the backgrounds for the greenhorns who would be working for the first time on some of the ships, as well as some boats' traditions for dealing with greenhorns-Sig Hansen, captain of the Northwestern, refuses to greet or acknowledge greenhorn Bradford Davis until after he sees how he will work out on board. Subsequent seasons have aired on the same April to June/July schedule every year since the original 2005 season, with more recent seasons airing until August/September.Įpisodes Season 1 (2005) No. The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the finale airing on June 14, 2005. The show's title derives from the inherent high risk of injury or death associated with the work.ĭeadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005, and the show currently airs worldwide. The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is the base of operations for the fishing fleet. 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.
Deadliest Catch is a documentary television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel.