Mike Rowe explores how America's fishing industry provides food for nation

This episode of ‘How America Works’ takes a deeper dive into how Americans receive their fish produce at grocery stores.
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[@kimfleury]

This is terrific programming. Kids need to see stories like this so they know how civilization works. Also, I admit that I clicked because it's Mike Rowe 💪🏻

[@NR-nf1il]

I would listen to him no matter what he was talking about

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

This is not what the kids should be saying this is exploitation of the fishery they've been Doing it for years and one of these days it's going to collapse

[@Trey4x4]

Mike Rowe needs to be canceled he doesn't like our LGBTQRXYZ mafia **FARTS**

[@juliettebrezany7646]

no. this is horrible. commercial fishing damages ecosystems and if it doesn't stop, at this rate, by 2050 the ocean will be empty. additionally, commercial fishing leads to a lot of bycatch.

[@EarlMantis]

@@juliettebrezany7646 you are not a very smart individual and you just proved It.

[@bavondale]

Corporate fishing is nothing but bad for the industry. Mike Rowe should do a special on all the small boat private fishermen put out of business by corporations. Same with farming

[@brianmartand1527]

I grew up and fished Florida for 30 years and don't go anymore because it's been so depleted and I don't want to make it worse.

[@morrisl7]

The toxic ag runoff is the only thing that depleted it

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Godbless our fisherman and farmers. Without them we would be finished.

[@NR-nf1il]

We oughta also hope that bees never become extinct

[@rikobellic3567]

That fish throw at 0:54 tho! 💯

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Real working men 👍🏻

[@AdrianMcDaid]

Is sitting at computer not real working ?

[@NoNORADon911]

Needs some diversity like women, trannys, gays, etc lol...face palm...this is our reality now

[@tulipqwertywolfie5147]

Why am I just finding this show now? Dirty Jobs, but Rowe doesn't get dirty

[@keithtraa]

Thanks Mike! We need alot more of this! God Bless You!

[@nicholasholden8139]

A friend of mine used to work on fishing boats he would go out on a unmaintained and leaky 32ft fiberglass boat from the 80s (no freezer just a big cooler), and every week it had to be towed back to the fish house or the bilge pump would go out. But he somehow was the best out of the about 30 men on 7 boat. And they used 100 pound boxes and where it was grouper they could up to 450 each.

[@Saratogan]

Mike Rowe's comforting voice... you know work is gettin' done.

[@tanks4nuthin964]

I'm extremely interested in this now this looks like such a cool frigin job. I need to watch this show more often

[@sminthian]

I used to work with Alaskan fishing boats, from 20' mom and pop boats up to 300-400'. I've been on America's Finest a couple of times, it actually looks like this. It's way cleaner and fancier than most other fishing boats.

[@jarrettevanbrown]

I used to work in Seward and Dutch Harbor.

[@Jaronite]

A lot of investors choose farmland commodities. Never forget to support your local fishermen & naval engineers!

[@Champagne_uce]

Hardest offland job💪🏼💯

[@brendabailey350]

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[@resilientcho1005]

Most oceanic flatfishes taste awesome including the popular halibut flounder or sole. Sanddab a type of sole is also excellent. Plenty of Dover soles in the northwestern pacific too. But when I looked into the latest Orange Roughy quota n status environmentalists either say they are depleted threatened or at risk of extinction or undesirable for consumption due to high toxin levels; PCB mercury etc. I hope they make up more than losses to recoup to pay skipper expenses fuel etc with successful catches of yellowfin soles.

[@colehudson6062]

Only thing that I hate is I will see dozens of these boats pulling flounder for market but we as surf fisherman can only keep a slot fish for one month out of the year in NC. We have been throwing back about 100 flounder per trip since these rules as by catch with about 10% dying from swallowed hooks. But the people with rods are to blame for over fishing somehow still.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Ships like this are the reason why "tried and true" fishing spots turn out to be empty of fish. They suck up all the ones there leaving none behind to replenish stocks.

[@lynnleigha580]

They can only fish, so many days a year, they're not doing this every single day, they aren't allowed to do this during breeding season, just like crabs, lobsters, and shrimp, they only get so many days a year to do this, just so they all have a chance to breed and grow, like shrimp, crabs, and lobsters, they can only keep a specific size, if it's a ¼ of inch below, they get tossed back in. There's a reason why fish and game exist, if you caught fishing 10 minutes before open season, you can get a huge fine and your stuff taken, same for after, if you're caught doing this 5 minutes after the close of the season, you'll be fined and your stuff taken. Trust me, it's all regulated, unless you're Chinese, they don't care and don't have restrictions like we do, and most countries that do commercial fishing

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@lynnleigha580 In case you missed it, there was no measuring going on in that ship. They dumped the fish onto conveyors and chopped off their heads before a single hand touched them for sorting. Trawling doesn't distinguish between the fish you want and the fish you don't. It literally scoops up every living thing on the ocean floor. They didn't sort by species until after the fish passed through the heading machine, so no, they aren't measuring for legal size and they aren't limiting themselves to the fish in season.

[@rickdiaz4559]

This is sickening! How many pounds of "bycatch" is killed for every pound of yellowfin sole they catch? This super trawler is depleting everything in its path all for that mighty dollar. The light at the end of the tunnel is the better they do the quicker they will put themselves put of business.

[@robertcampbell3140]

My guy the berring sea were there fishing is very well managed it's U.S. property which means nobody can fish there but American ships and there's so many laws to keep them from over fishing

[@daveyoung1518]

Dont eat food if its so sickening. lol

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@robertcampbell3140 When you have a fishing vessel that literally needs to harvest 30 tons of fish a day just to break even for the investors, perhaps you might consider that is the reason why "tried and true fishing spots" aren't yielding fish anymore.

[@juliorobles4082]

@Robert Campbell he made a point about bycatch which is a real and pressing issue. It's the reason why vessels are required to have an observer on board to monitor bycatch. Catching other fish and invertebrates can have a cascade effect on the ecosystem and food chain which is why it is so important. I'm a marine fisheries and biology major.

[@kayleelynn9785]

This type of fishing is the reason for so much of the coral reefs dying it’s horrifying so many species are on the verge of being extinct in the ocean but no one cares because we can’t see them.

[@DePalma.]

Mike Rowe has great content...there are millions of us that work with our hands for a living & make good money. Kids need to understand this lol. Most of us have worked since we were youngsters, it’s better than college for many people. We own houses, travel, have families etc. The American dream! In my opinion the best thing you can do for a kid is to get him working by the age of 13, whether he goes to college or not

[@John77Doe]

Manual labor is for the proletariat. The bourgeoisie should work with their brains not their brawn. 😃😃😃😃

[@DePalma.]

@@John77Doe everybody works with their brains, there’s much more of the common blue-collar worker than the white collar “elites”. We’re seeing this right now, it’s a beautiful thing lol

[@John77Doe]

@@DePalma. Caesar was a Patrician and would never engage in activities appropriate for the Plebeians. Pompey was an Equestrian and would never engage in activities appropriate for the Plebeians. The devoted parent does not let his offspring engage in manual labor, but prefers that his offspring follow the trajectory of a New England John Adams or a Virginian Thomas Jefferson. 😃😃😃😃😃😃 .

[@DePalma.]

@@John77Doe A parent sets their kid up for success, most kids will work for somebody and maybe even in an office… But there’s a good percentage of kids that would like to work with her hands. The good thing is those kids, like me are able to get more life experience, better jobs and be independent. Ive worked in everything from fishing to owning my own business… Ive worked at offices, boat docks, restaurants & in other countries… Etc. I’m telling you, getting your kid into the workforce as quick as possible will help them to understand work ethic, the value of money and they will get in the real world experience. The college thing is ridiculous, you should only go to college for something where a degree is needed to be able to get into that specific field, otherwise you’re better off working your way up from the bottom… The reason being is that you are expendable and with the industry changes you can guarantee you will be changing your job every 2 to 5 years when the company automates or there’s a merger… Not to mention you all a lot in student loans most likely.

[@globalwarmingisamyth7009]

Absolutely. These kinds of shows are great. They show something positive about the working man. The same working man that the Leftist media often demonize.

[@KingKsEDC]

This is insane! My mind is blown just thinking about how you build a ship like this lol. Jeez.

[@chuckeynewkirk199]

And that's why conservation plays a key role in our Fisheries we do not need foreign countries coming into our fisheries and wiping out our fish and it's happening all around the world

[@michealfigueroa6325]

Now explain why it is provided at terribly High prices.../many times it is cheaper for me to provide my family with chicken, pork or even beef

[@andrewmarshall360]

Bycatch ?

[@Flyforawhiteguy1982]

Why did it stop? I want more lol

[@haphazardprism]

Upgraded ships will deplete what's left there quicker. Especially trawlers. I live in a fishing community and I can tell you the biomass just isn't there anymore.

[@Noneedy]

What’s the regulations on how many tons they can keep!

[@amauser9650]

Interesting that they don't show any by catch..... Pretty sure these types of boats are upending the halibut and crab stocks by incidental catching.

[@NoNORADon911]

Plenty is bad about this that was not talked about.

[@chrismaloney2108]

Mike Rowe is awesome

[@dertythegrower]

Legit

[@r.g.r.6003]

Is that Ruby Bay seafood?

[@Danny-fs1hk]

🤘

[@judahx4691]

Hello 👋 Esau 🦁 🛸

[@HobbitHomes263]

If any deck hand on Deadliest Catch ever got to actually EAT a King Crab, I sure don't remember it

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[@johnthorpe1349]

O ya nice fish have no chance everythings good till there's no more fish 🐠🎏

[@Camperr]

trawling is an awful choice. destroying ecosystems.

[@jayjdietrich]

Eventually, you will outstrip the oceans, then we really will be in a world of hurt.

[@rockon8174]

Have you seen how much a blue whale eats???

[@joedennehy386]

@@rockon8174 are you saying the sea is inexhaustible?

[@electronpusher604]

Modern fisheries science allows us to harvest large amounts of fish every year without hurting fish stocks. Alaskan waters are very well managed ans have been since the 1950s and they continue to harvest vast quantites without impact to the population. Seas in some parts of the world and in the past were and are overfished, but well managed fisheries like the one in Alaska can provide in perpetuity. These boats have extremely strict quotas from the state and federal government to ensure the populations stay healthy. Luckily in US waters fish are doing very well. I can't speak for other parts of the world.

[@momonkbeavis]

@@rockon8174 That is possibly the most assinine thing that I have ever heard. A blue naturaaly eating and doing ni damage to its environment environment is different from humans destroying reefs and scooping up millions of fish a week. Also, blue whales eat krill, not fish.

[@kayleelynn9785]

@@rockon8174 that’s the worst possible argument you could have made dude

[@vadivelanvishali198]

Hii

[@terryrack2534]

getting harder to find fish. really!

[@uramag7]

we need to get rid of commercial fishing.. if you want a fish .. you should have to catch it yourself using a sustainable and ethical way that is legal where you are fishing... net fishing in the ocean should be the first thing to get the axe.

[@michaeloravetz1594]

Love you Mike but why why did you take a job at Fox very disappointed

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

Where is the restriction on the size limit my god look how small some of the fish are I fish here in the United States and I have to abide by 1000 regulations

[@stephenlong3801]

Built in 1936? Wow. Today they would use chinese parts. Take the san francisco Bay Bridge. The bolts that hold it together comes from China & inspectors don't think it will hold up

[@LeonNGeorge907]

Good to throw out the eggs out the sea more fish after

[@tanialima9893]

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[@danomite359]

It's scary how much is taken from our waters. It can't continue to grow and grow. . . . .

[@briankepner7569]

You mean American fisherman don't go out to see and on board frozen fish caught by Chinese trawlers

[@anthonymacias1973]

i wonder if mike knows that our oceans are almost fished out

[@Chris-zh5om]

Probably does but doesn’t care. He’s all about profit. Doesn’t give two shots about the ocean or the working class.

[@kayleelynn9785]

The amount of bycatch from this is devastating. My profile picture is a picture of a vaquita they were killed off due to bycatch. So sad

[@troy6882]

Why dangerous boating when I got to admit if the industry onland x3 went to block sized instillation 5 stories for high cray and such over a building tank system well???add deselinisation and Fast Heavy waste removal add other systems to eat those waste material in bio fules of bacteria cleaning as well as a live fish feed for fisheries with pellet, a off shores pen 200 full closed system with treatment operation and a new per block Stack pan for prawn X5 rapid clean the current is a joke in some off the last pristine waters around???do you know what they do when the waste gets to be a issue???? and off shore should become a reserve???

[@famousbowl9926]

Are you paying for all that?

[@lynnleigha580]

Must have a mouse in your pocket, because I don't eat fish, or lobster

[@danjohnston9037]

And every net comes back half full of plastic trash

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Funny, didn't see a single piece of plastic in any of them.

[@danjohnston9037]

@@nobodyspecial4702 look inside the fish

[@kayleelynn9785]

@@nobodyspecial4702 ever heard of a little satire to being light to a bad situation. The ocean is full of pollution if you don’t think so your a part of the problem.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@danjohnston9037 Still not seeing any plastic.

[@ronnydisalvo80]

Can some1 check bidens squirrelly brain?

[@jeremyjohnson981]

Not necessary for survival! Hard working people that is for sure……. But this is a ridiculous way to feed people/fish!!!! 🥺

[@electronpusher604]

Why?

[@jlj8072]

He dont know why he just likes to yalk

[@jeremyjohnson981]

Ever heard of the Grand Banks?? You cannot feed the world from a local fishery with any type of sustainability!! You might be the same people that think oil is destroying the environment and electric cars are the answer!!? I’ve watched fishing decline for many years and also talk to many old timers about years before my time!!! I would school you in fishing information!! You could definitely use it!!

[@jeremyjohnson981]

While you’re at it look up how canned tuna fish became so popular 6O years ago!!’

[@electronpusher604]

@@jeremyjohnson981 Okay

[@spe-chulpee-pul6976]

The fish are running out from being over fished and probably getting smarter and moving to another area. Fish are not dumb.

[@johnlarsen4455]

you are definitely not smarter than a fish

[@dextermorgan4093]

Ummm yes they are, although probable smarter than some of you humans,

[@spe-chulpee-pul6976]

@@dextermorgan4093 says the loser hiding behind a keyboard

[@Tonyhouse1168]

“We have to spend a million dollars to operate this boat and have to make 1 3/4 million dollars to make it profitable. WASTE EVERYTHING IN OUR PATH!!!!!!!!!!”

[@looleongchai]

and they accuse Chinese of over fishing! Hypocrite! , Liars!

[@willboudreau1187]

Um, Mike, I luv ya, but you're acting a little dingy here - the boat is 260' long you say, followed by "the ship has freezers the size of football fields." Even a sports atheist like me knows a football field is 300' long. Just sayin'.

[@user-mr8yl2fg9k]

The ocean is a lot emptier then what this video portrays

[@dextermorgan4093]

No it’s not. We have plenty of fish and plenty of oil. You loons have been crying for decades we are running out, yet we never do. Enjoy what little time you have on earth and stop the “sky is falling” BS.

[@balocharyanwarrior5020]

Disgusting and ungodly way of life.

[@HobbitHomes263]

Rowe might want to read a script BEFORE it is recorded this insults every middel class and poor person in America. If WE want fish...we have to go catch them ourselves// The "industry" by NO MEANS "feeds America"

[@nobodyspecial4702]

No kidding. Beef costs less than half the price of seafood. And not cheap beef, but nice cuts.

[@HobbitHomes263]

Fish is NOT "sustenance" it is for rich people. It cost more than filet mignon. Guess why I could care less about this episode.

[@dextermorgan4093]

Jesus how poor are you? There are plenty of fish cheaper than filet.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@dextermorgan4093 Depends where you live. I live on the great lakes and there isn't a single type of seafood that doesn't cost double what beef does. Hell, even tilapia costs more than beef and that's the cheapest fish you can get.

[@Leo_36_Moses.Zeus.]

Bs. Hawaii is number #1 in the fish market. You are all fishing illegally in the territory of the kingdom of Hawaii.

[@OfficiallyArma]

Kingdom of Hawaii? Oh you must mean the state of Hawaii

[@raymore544]

Boo fox News boo

[@r.g.r.6003]

I'm glad that Mike is picking up the slack. My back is sore, lol, I need a man to do the man's job. 😅👋🙊🤠💪🦵🤜🤌🏋️🧜