[SEAGULLS CAWING]
NARRATOR: 241 miles southeast on the Saga.
All right, first bite, coming up.
Woo!
We set in a storm, blind, and complete random, and it's just,
it is what it is.
All the other guys are fishing bairdi
and I'm doing everything I can to make
sure every last ounce of king crab is caught this year.
The future of our king crab fishery is at stake here.
Man, you give me something good, give me something good.
That's [BLEEP] I'm talking about.
Money, money, money.
Oh God, we got some crab.
We got crab.
Oh, yeah.
[BLEEP] baby.
I'll take those on.
MAN: This is the spot.
This is what I need right here.
MAN: Oh, yeah.
MAN 2: Look at that.
INTERCOM: Fishing vessel Saga, fishing vessel Saga.
This is [INAUDIBLE] channel one six, over.
You got me here.
NARRATOR: Off the Saga's starboard bow,
the 283 foot US Coast Guard Cutter, Alex Haley.
JAKE: Part of what the Coast Guard does
is board these vessels that are out here fishing.
They're going to come over, they're going to look and go,
doesn't have this.
Go to town.
They'll take a look at our survival suits,
they'll look at our life raft.
I'm nervous because I've spent a lot of time
making sure everything's right and I don't
want to have to go to town.
NARRATOR: 12 days ago.
INTERCOM: Hang on guys, hang on, hang on.
NARRATOR: High seas jettison one of two life rafts overboard.
Damage rendered it inoperable, leaving
Jake unsure if he's within US Coast Guard regulation.
Uh, red king crab.
Seven crew, uh, six crew members, one captain.
King Cove.
I'm not sure, I'm thinking maybe,
I can't remember what the Cutter was, I want to say a 2018.
Something tells me we're getting boarded.
I don't if we're legal with one raft,
but we're going to find out.
And they, they could be sending us back to Dutch.
It could be bad.
Hey boss, I'm just gonna leg over.
Hey, you're good, you're good, man.
Rafts are brand new, but now I'm down to one.
They go by the book.
There's no leeway.
We'll see what they say about that.
Hello.
Morning Captain, I'm Officer Vickers.
This is Officer Meta, Officer Hollenback.
We're here to make sure that you're
in compliance with all applicable laws
and regulations.
Without reaching for or touching,
do you have any weapons on board?
Uh, negative.
OFFICER VICKERS: OK.
I have a team that's sweeping the boat
right now, to make sure that it's safe for us
to be on board.
We're going to check your safety equipment.
100% honest, um, I lost my raft.
And I have 110 men that covers us all.
Because you're going to find it anyway, and I'd
like to tell you before.
And then I have one being packed today.
I called that night and it's going to be shipped to Akutan
as soon as it gets ready.
And then I've ordered a brand new one.
And then this one is only a year old,
so it doesn't even need to be serviced for another year.
You got the one on the way and what's your next port of call?
Like what, like when.
Akutan.
I'm going to-- what I want to do is, if, if the fishing still
goes good like this, I'm hoping to go through 180 pots
in like 24 hours, and then just go and offload.
I should be legal, right?
Still with one?
OK, I had to tell you.
Let's go.
Yee-haw.
I'm just glad that that's over.
Thank you, guys.
Take care.
Thanks.
You guys be safe.
MAN: Yeah, thank you.
They're doing their job to keep us safe,
so, my hat's off to them.
That's it.
Coasties are off the boat.
It's time to get back to work.
Over here.
JAKE: I'm just nervous.
I don't want to get too excited because I
don't want to jinx myself.
Hopefully I got enough to end this season.