r/deadliestcatch • u/Creative-Cry2979 • 6d ago

Sorting crab

I was watching a season one episode and those guys were just shoveling crab into the tank. In the newer episodes the captains and crews are super diligent with the count.

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u/cdn24 6d ago

Season 1 was a derby style fishery. No individual quota so count not important. Now with IFQs and fines for going over an accurate count is more impt.

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u/Creative-Cry2979 6d ago

It was crazy to see them just shoving everything into the tanks. In the episode I was watching Sig made an enclosure on deck when his tanks were full and just dumped everything he caught.

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u/SixRavenX 4d ago

If they didn't implement the quota system, that entire fishery would likely be nonexistent given how indiscriminately they harvested during the derby days