But in this exclusive interview with Looper, Wichrowski was frank about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fleet and crab fishing industry. "Wild" Bill Wichrowski, the intrepid captain of the F/V Summer Bay, knows all about that adversity, having fished out of the crab fleet's home port of Dutch Harbor since 1978. As the captains and crews operate their fishing vessels in the unpredictable waters of the Bering Sea, trolling for Alaskan king crab and snow crab for as long as the narrow fishing seasons will permit them, the adversity they encounter is not only a guarantee, it comes standard with the job. On the enduring Discovery Channel hit Deadliest Catch, danger is just another word for the average workday.
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