Episode 661: The Less Deadly Catch
Alaskan fisherman David Fry and his baited hooks. Jess Jiang/NPR hide caption
Alaskan fisherman David Fry and his baited hooks.
Jess Jiang/NPRHalibut fishermen in Alaska used to defy storms, exhaustion and good judgment. That's because they could only fish in these handful of 24-hour periods. It was called the derby, and the derby made fishing the deadliest job in America.
Today on the show, the economic fix that made fishing safer. And why a lot of people hate it.
On the show we introduce you to David Fry, the owner of the Realist halibut boat.
Note: This episode contains explicit language.
Gutted halibut. Jess Jiang/NPR hide caption
David Fry holds a hook, hoping for some halibut. Jess Jiang/NPR hide caption