![]() When the race to unload begins, minutes can mean the difference between unloading immediately, and waiting in the harbor for days. With less than half a day left in the Alaskan king crab season, the crews race the clock to get as much crab as they can. Each boat has 24 hours to pull the pots they have in the water out. The Alaskan Department of Fish and Game announces an early closure to the season. It's hour 42 of the season and every captain feels the pressure. The early losers agonize over strategy hoping to make up for a lost catch. The first pot pulled of the season sets the mood. ![]() ![]() Each man is here to stake his claim on the 14,267,000 pounds of crab and the chance to earn a year's wages in just one week.Īfter a long night of baiting and setting crab pots, the fishermen anxiously await the captain's call to begin fishing. Fifteen hundred fishermen have converged on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for the beginning of the Alaskan King Crab season. ![]()
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