Chronology of lives lost at Sea Commercial Crab Fishing:
1989-2005: 10 Vessels lost, 51 men F/V Lin J, F/V Big Valley, F/V Sultan
Same time period: 34 men crushed by pots and lost overboard.
85 fatalities in the Bering Sea Crab fishery over 16 years, an average of 5.3 men per year.