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Alaska: Alaska Crab Fishing Job

A crab fishing program started in 2005 -- ostensibly to stop overfishing and ensure fishermen's safety -- has given fishing rights to corporations, put individual fishermen out of work, and risked the marine ecosystem.
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Crawfish are a valued food commodity in Louisiana and clear across the Atlantic Ocean in Sweden. But, what most people in the Pacific Northwest...
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Researchers aboard the Thomas G. Thompson study seals, plankton, birds and fish to measure the effects of global warming on the Bering Sea. They also struggle with seasickness, battle for research time — and get plenty to eat.
A SCOTTISH chef was yesterday crowned the best in the UK by his peers but then criticised the food on offer at most of the country's restaurants as "pretty dire".
These are dirty jobs and somebody has to do them. At least they get paid well for their efforts.
Your chance to meet the fishermen from "Deadliest Catch" -- without going to Alaska.

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