Jerod Goodin News

On the Bering Sea king crab fishery, explains deckhand Jerod Goodin, "There are six in the deck crew. Each of us will work 15 hours on and then take a three hour break. That is just the way it is in one of North America's most lucrative and dangerous fisheries, which will probably have just four days of fishing this autumn. In early October, the crew of newly built Arctic Venture were excited and anxious to get the pots and other gear loaded on the Astoria Oregon waterfront near the mouth of the Columbia River. The new 124 x 30-ft. (31.7 x 9.1 m) boat, owned by three partners, Don Jester, David Lethine and Derrick Ray, was built in a remarkably short time at Giddings Boatworks in Coos Bay, Ore.

On the Bering Sea king crab fishery, explains deckhand Jerod Goodin, "There are six in the deck crew. Each of us will work 15 hours on and then take a three hour break. That is just the way it is in one of North America's most lucrative and dangerous fisheries, which will probably have just four days of fishing this autumn. In early October, the crew of newly built Arctic Venture were excited and anxious to get the pots and other gear loaded on the Astoria Oregon waterfront near the mouth of the Columbia River. The new 124 x 30-ft. boat, owned by three partners, Don Jester, David Lethine and Derrick Ray, was built in a remarkably short time at Giddings Boatworks in Coos Bay, Ore.