Deadliest Catch

- Season 16

(2020)

A dramatic change in the Russian crab industry rocks global markets and drives new competition between Dutch Harbor captains and their Russian adversaries. As crab prices rise legendary captains return to claim their payday.

Just as the fleet begins its race to beat the Russians, ferocious typhoon Hagibis turns its deadly gaze on the Bering Sea. Captains must choose whether to risk life and limb for a big payday, or to sit out the storm and fish another day.

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The Cornelia Marie taps American satellites to spy on the Russians while Scott Campbell Jr. Pioneers a long-dormant fishery. And, Wild Bill faces big setbacks.

Johnathan goes under the knife at sea and Junior bets it all while chasing the elusive Golden King crab. Plus, Wild Bill faces an unruly greenhorn.

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The Coast Guard responds to a Mayday call as captains and crew brace for the loss of friends during a brutal winter storm. Sig and Monte track an Opilio hoard at the Russian line, and the clock is ticking for Wild Bill and Junior during the cod derby.

As the crab biomass migrates across the Russian line, Josh & Casey drop 175 pots on the border.

Facing a 500-mile wide Siberian storm, Josh takes a big risk to keep the Cornelia Marie crew safe. Junior loses control of his rudders putting his boat at the mercy of heavy seas. Jake's greenhorn problems get a lot worse when one clogs the toilet.

For the first time, Junior has to call on the chase boat to help rescue them. Plus, Josh and Casey hit a massive wave that causes major trouble.

On the Summer Bay there's hell to pay when Bill's backup block goes missing. Cornelia Marie skippers Josh and Casey navigate a tenuous partnership at the Russian line. Weighed down by three full tanks, Sig puts a heavy Northwestern in Mandy's hands.

The Wizard catches fire in a violent storm known as a bomb cyclone. Meanwhile, Josh and Casey face 30-foot seas and Wild Bill's crew grind for 72 hours straight.

Battling exhaustion, Wild Bill's crew face the full wrath of the bomb cyclone. A snapped tendon puts the Summer Bay at risk and Josh gambles on crab-rich grounds.

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Stuffed pots come at a price as Jake scrambles to repair a slack tank before it kills his crab or capsizes the Saga. Josh and Casey's rudder fails in heavy traffic and Wild Bill's new greenhorn makes an easy target for an out-of-control picking hook.

Josh and Casey race to haul pots as engine failure threatens their delivery window: as seawater destroys his hydraulic motors, Junior attempts a risky high seas delivery of three new motors.

Mandy plays the Devil on Sig's shoulder. Keith gets blocked by ice in his emergency. Falling fifteen feet hurts, sometimes.

A rare weather event churns up rogue waves as supermoon tides collide with a cyclonic snowstorm. Josh and Casey face a 55-foot monster, while Jake risks capsizing to repair his rudder in unruly seas. Monte's big move north pays off in massive pots.

As the super snow-moon storm peaks, the Cornelia Marie's deck becomes a gauntlet for Josh and a greenhorn. Plus, Junior fights a sea-flea infestation.

As the fleet mounts a final Winter season push, sad news rattles the Cornelia Marie wheelhouse. Lady Alaska greenhorn, Gabby, overcomes a painful injury to support her crew. Wild Bill's deckhands must devise a bush fix or face hauling pots by hand.

Saga loses a veteran deckhand, forcing Jake to steam a greenhorn army to the Russian line. Amid scuttlebutt that ports are closing due to a virus, Josh fights to get home for a reunion with his brother and Sig's daughter gets rushed to the hospital.

The Cornelia crew fights to save its gear from sea ice; Jake risks the far north to fill his tanks before his son's birth; amid news of a pandemic, Russian boats mysteriously disappear and captains race to dock before crab prices crash.