The show's 17th season premiered on April 20, 2021, on Discovery. On March 7, 2019, the Discovery Channel announced that the series was renewed for a fifteenth season, which premiered on April 9, 2019. Subsequent seasons have aired on the same April to June or July schedule every year since. The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the finale airing on June 14, 2005.
5.3 Fishing vessels with no embedded film crew.4.2.1 Personal and sensitive situations.2.2 Changes required for parental guidance ratings.Produced for the Discovery Channel, the show's title is derived from the inherent high risk of injury or death associated with this line of work. The base of operations for the fishing fleet is the Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The show follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons. 286 (as of September 14, 2021) ( list of episodes)ĭeadliest Catch is a reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005.