Back ground

Crabbing has been a ruff and rigorous job sense the mib 1900's. Some of the most fertile waters are of the coasts of Alaska, Japan and Russia. Crabbing started of with high profits for fishermen all across the board. Japan was the first to start the hunt in the 1940's. Shortly after the USSR and the Americas started fishing also as the hunt for crabs exploded. Dutch Harbor Alaska produced one of the highest yields on record of 33 million pounds of crab. At this point in crab history the numbers of crabs being landed start to take off. By 1981 the industry reached its peak yield of 200 million pounds of crab landed on all shores. The next season the crab count dropped by 10% closing many fisheries. As crabbing continued and the crabs landed were low regulators started to step in and take more control over the amount of crabs caught on each boat. Before 2005 there where very few regulations on crabbing, they called the fishing style Derbying. They called it that because the boats would "Derby" out to the fishing grounds and catch as much as possible. After 2005 regulators limited the amount of crabs that were aloud to be caught on the bouts thus establishing a quota. After the quota was put in place the next count came in at 14 million pounds in four days on 250 boats. With the high count Discovery Channel came out with a show called deadliest catch showing the ruff and rigorous job of being a crab fisherman.

General Overview

Intro

For my English 4 blog project I decided to research the job of a Deep Sea Crabber, like those out in the Bering Sea. I wanted to choose a topic that was interesting but also had so controversy surrounding it. the controversy that is at play here is environmental issues. Things such as, gas consumption, Crab waste,and other such topics. I want to find out if there is a environmental problem that these Crabbers are creating. As I research I will expose and depict what the everyday life, the costs, dangers, proses on deck, proses after the boat, and other topics that include the crabber. My purpose for my project is to educate people about the occupation of Crabbing and the environmental issues that surround it.