Alaskan Fishing

The Alaska Ocean is the largest factory-fishing trawler in the U.S. fleet. The crew’s mission is to track down, catch, and process 300 tons of Alaskan pollock each day on the unforgiving waters of the Bering Sea.

Join MODERN MARVELS^® for a thrilling ride as it travels aboard the massive vessel on its final voyage of a long and grueling season. Learn about the inner workings of the highly sophisticated and complex Alaska Ocean, and find out how this half fishing boat, half floating factory, is capable of processing and flash-freezing Alaskan pollock as fast as its crew can catch it. Get an inside look at the extreme obstacles the crew must overcome to meet their seasonal quota, including hazardous weather, potential mechanical dangers that can arise on a sea-tossed ship, and the inherent wiliness of the fish themselves.

ALASKAN FISHING is an incredible journey into the amazing, ultra-modern world of high stakes commercial fishing, where one wrong decision can cost not just the season’s catch, but crew’s lives as well.