King crab fishing in the Bering Sea is dangerous business, but contrary to what the cable television show suggests, it is not the deadliest catch.
Commercial fishing is, by almost any measure, the most dangerous profession in the United States. And the most dangerous fishing ground is the Northeast Coast, where fishermen go after groundfish — the bottom-dwelling species like flounder, sole and cod.
The Alaska Bering Sea crab fishery — the one featured on “Deadliest Catch” — is the fourth most dangerous, behind the Atlantic scallop fishery and fishing for West Coast Dungeness crabs.
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