Deadliest Catch
| Deadliest Catch | |
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Season 12 title card
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| Created by | Thom Beers |
| Narrated by | NA: Mike Rowe UK: Bill Petrie |
| Opening theme | "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 177, plus: Specials: 13 After the Catch: 30 The Bait: 17 On Deck: 23 Decked: 3 (as of August 8, 2014) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 40–45 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Original Productions FremantleMedia Image Entertainment |
| Distributor |
Discovery Communications Debmar-Mercury |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Channel |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | April 12, 2005 – present |
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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, snow crab and bairdi 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.
Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005, and currently airs in over 200 countries. The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the finale airing on June 14, 2005. Subsequent seasons have aired on the same April to June or July schedule every year since the original 2005 season. The 13th season will premiere on April 11, 2017.
The series follows life on "the vast Bering Sea" aboard various crab fishing boats during two of the crab fishing seasons, the October king crab season and the January opilio crab (C. opilio; often referred to as "snow crab" or "opies") season. The show emphasizes the dangers on deck to the fishermen (and the Discovery Channel camera crews recording their work) as crews duck heavy crab pots swinging into position, maneuver hundreds of pounds of crab across a deck strewn with hazards (i. e., holding tank hatches, uneven surfaces, maintenance access plates, wet decks), and lean over the rails to position pots for launch or retrieval as galeforce winds and high waves constantly lash the deck. The series also documents the dangers of being on a boat in the Bering Sea, in the midst of some of the coldest and stormiest waters on earth, where even a minor problem may become complex or even catastrophic with the nearest port often hundreds of miles away.
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