Current Status
Today, the Northwestern continues to fish Red King Crab, Tanner Crab, and Opilio crab; however, it is now one of few boats to engage in pot cod fishing as well, which was filmed for episodes of Deadliest Catch during the 2006 Opilio crab season. The "Northwestern" was one of the few vessels to fish for Blue King Crab in 2009 after completing its Red King Crab season. During the summer, the vessel keeps busy tendering (transporting fish from the vessels at sea to the floating processors, allowing the fishing boats to stay on the grounds rather than make repeated trips back to port) salmon and herring, usually under the command of Edgar Hansen.
The Northwestern is one of the most successful boats in the crab fishing fleet. It continues to meet its quota and bring in money for the crew and family; the vessel won both the tonnage and price titles in both the final King crab derby in 2005 and the final opilio crab derby in 2006, and as a result, her share of the available quota under the new IFQ fishing rules is among the largest in the fleet. The vessel has become popular and very recognizable due to it being prominently featured in the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch. The boat is featured in Cars 2 and is voiced by Sig.
In addition to the three Hansen brothers—Sig, Norman, and Edgar—the remainder of the crew consists of longtime deckhands Matt Bradley and Nick Mavar, Jr., and Nick's nephew, Jake Anderson, who earned full-share deckhand status during the 2009 opilio season.
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