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F/V ''Northwestern'' is an Alaskan crab, Pacific cod, and salmon tendering fishing vessel featured in the Discovery Channel series ''Deadliest Catch''. The vessel is owned and operated by the Hansen family of the State of Washington; the current captain is Sig Hansen and his brothers, Edgar and Norman, are both deckhands/engineers on the ship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=F/V Northwestern )〕 == History == The ''Northwestern'', a western rigged boat, was constructed in 1977 at Marco Shipyards in Seattle for the sole purpose of fishing King and Tanner Crab off of the coast of Alaska. It was christened ''Northwestern'' on November 5, 1977 by Snefrid Hansen, wife of then-captain Sverre Hansen and mother of the current owner/operators, Sig, Norman, and Edgar Hansen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Original F/V Northwestern Press Release )〕 In the 1980s the boat was one of the first to fish Opilio crab. Throughout the 1980s the ''Northwestern'' kept very busy year round fishing Opilio crab, Blue King crab, Red King crab, and Brown King crab at different times of the year. To keep up with the increasing demand for crab in the late 1980s and early 1990s, boats needed to carry more pots (steel box shaped traps that are used to fish crab). Rather than buying a new boat, the Hansen family decided to have the ''Northwestern'' extended twice. Originally built at 108 feet (32.9 m) with the ability to carry 156 pots, the ''Northwestern'' was extended to 118 feet (36.0 m) in 1987 to allow for 200 pots. In 1991, when the maximum crab pots a boat could carry was raised to 250, the Hansens again had the ''Northwestern'' lengthened, this time to .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Fishing Vessel Northwestern )〕 Today, in the IFQ system, they usually carry no more than 195 pots. Sverre Hansen's three sons worked aboard the ''Northwestern'' as deckhands throughout their childhood, and all three decided to make fishing their profession, joining in the long line of Hansen men making their living as fishermen throughout the generations. Sig Hansen, the oldest, took over as captain of the ''Northwestern'' full-time in 1990. Under his leadership, the ''Northwestern'' boasts an astounding record of never having suffered a death at sea despite its home territory being the dangerous Alaskan crab grounds, where deaths average out to nearly one fisherman per week during the heart of its productive seasons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FV Northwestern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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