| The boats used for Alaska crab fishing jobs are | | | | long, they will harm and possibly kill each other, as |
| between 12 and 75 meters (40 to 250 feet) in length | | | | they can be cannibalistic. |
| and are equipped with hydraulic systems to lift the | | | | Having Alaska king crab fishing jobs are probably one |
| catch from the sea and onto the deck, the boats | | | | of the most demanding types of fishing around as |
| and the equipment aboard these vessels are | | | | the season is short and the hours are long, It has |
| designed to withstand the freezing weather of the | | | | become a very popular industry through the |
| Bering Sea. Each boat can stay out at sea for days | | | | popularity of the Discovery Channel programme |
| or weeks at a time. | | | | "deadliest catch". |
| The traps or pots that are used to catch the crabs | | | | The entry level Alaska crab fishing jobs position is |
| are a steel box-shaped trap consisting of a steel | | | | that of a Deckhand or Greenhorn, The duties of a |
| frame covered with a wire mesh, bait is placed in the | | | | deckhand includes loading and unloading supplies, fish |
| inside, usually a herring or codfish, the pot is then | | | | and fishing equipment by hand or using hoisting |
| sunk to the sea floor where the king crab reside. | | | | equipment. Preparing and setting nets and other |
| Alaska King Crab Fishing Jobs vessels may carry up | | | | fishing equipment. Removing the catch from the |
| to 300 pots on a single trip which are all placed in a | | | | fishing equipment, measuring and sorting it and |
| straight line to make retrieval easier. | | | | returning undersize or unwanted fish to the water. |
| The king crab in the pots are sorted once they are | | | | Storing or packing the catch in the holds with ice and |
| brought to the surface, and any not meeting the | | | | or salt (brine). Cleaning the vessel and fishing |
| regulation requirements are thrown back. The king | | | | equipment. Fishing deckhands need to be |
| crab are typically stored live in a holding tank until the | | | | self-motivated and strong both physically and |
| boat reaches shore, where they are sold. If the | | | | mentally. They need the stamina to be able to work |
| weather becomes too cold, the live king crab may | | | | in dangerous conditions, while being self-disciplined and |
| freeze and burst. If they are left in the tank for too | | | | alert to their surroundings at all times. |