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Article: Liveliest catch: an enterprising crabber offers tourists a gull's eye view.(Cover story)
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- National Fisherman
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- October 1, 2007
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Nine years in the wheelhouse of a Bering Sea crabber is a long time to think about a way to bring commercial fishing to life for the non-crabbing folk.
The culmination of those thoughts--turning an honest-to-goodness, wave-battered, king crab-catching vessel into a tourist business collided with the burgeoning popularity of "Deadliest Catch," the Discovery Channel's most-watched TV show.
"At that time, I saw the vision to take people out commercial fishing out of Ketchikan," says David Lethin. skipper of the Aleutian Ballad and owner of the Bering Sea Crab Fishermen's Tour. "I would look at the ocean. I would look at the crew. I kept thinking, 'If you ...