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Seabrooke

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Deadliest Catch season(s): Season 7

Type of crab: Opilio, king, tanner.

Years at sea: 31 Years
About the Boat: BUILT TO FISH The F/V Seabrooke was designed and built with one purpose in mind – fishing in rough waters. Unlike many Bering Sea boats repurposed from longliners or tankers, the Seabrooke was intended from its inception to haul crab pots from churning Alaskan seas, quickly and safely. Built in California in 1979, it was a state-of-the-art vessel when it launched for the first time and remains so today.

When it first headed out to fish in the early 1980s, the Seabrooke headed straight for Alaska coastal waters, where it fished King crab in the seas around Kodiak Island. The Seabrooke did well, but when that fishery collapsed in the middle of the decade, the Seabrooke quickly sought new grounds and found its new home. Heading to the Bering Sea, the boat took on the Baridi, Opilio and King crab fisheries and remained a top producer in the fleet.

The Seabrooke was still in the upper echelon of Alaska crab boats in 1999, when the Campbell family set its eye on the vessel. Longtime crabber Scott Campbell Sr. bought a stake in the Seabrooke, and three years later his son Junior joined him with an investment. The Campbells ran the boat for its then-owner for six years. Then, in 2005, they bought the Seabrooke outright, with Junior being groomed to take over the wheelhouse from his father. Finally, in 2008, Scott Sr. retired from working at sea, and the Seabrooke moved into its current era: Senior manages the business from home while Junior runs the boat at sea.

All along, the Seabrooke has continued to innovate to stay at the top of the fleet. With heightened wave walls, improved engines and a cutting edge sorting system, the Seabrooke can power through any weather to get to the crab – and keep their haul alive. Employing a “touch the crab once” system of sorting, they get females and juveniles back in the water fast to preserve the next generation of Bering Sea crab – and get those big ol’ males in the tank quickly so they can haul the next pot.

Spec Sheet

  • Built in 1979 at Phares Shipyard in Wilmington, California
  • Designed by Naval Architects Nickum and Spalding Associates, Inc.
  • Home Port: Kodiak, Ak.
  • 109' Steel House Aft Schooner Style
  • Beam of 30' Across
  • Draft of 12'
  • Two Caterpillar 675 HP Main Engines
  • Two Caterpillar 185 HP Auxiliary Engines
  • One Caterpillar 55 HP Auxiliary Engine
  • Propellers 68"x57" Bronze 5 Blade
  • Aurora 40' Knuckle Crane
  • Potable Water Capacity 6000 Gal
  • Cruising Speed 10 Knots
  • Four Crab Tanks

Holding Capacity

  • King Crab 140,000 lbs
  • Snow Crab 180,000 lbs
  • Salmon 385,000 lbs

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 Rob Perkey, Chris Welch, Mac White, Mike Bouray, and Derrick Haist.

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Name: Scott Cambell "Jr."
Position: Captain
Years experience: 21 Years
Mini bio: Scott Campbell Jr., 36, is captain of the F/V Seabrooke. Known as 'Junior' among the fleet, he hails from Walla Walla, WA. Campbell began fishing with his father, Scott Sr., at the age of 15. He climbed up the wheelhouse ladder fast, and by 24 was the relief skipper of his father's boat. He skippered his first vessel outright during the 1999 opilio crab season, running the F/V Amatuli. He has skippered the F/V Vixen, Cape Caution, Lady Alaska and Arctic Lady, and in 2002, he purchased the Seabrooke with his father. Campbell has the Seabrooke fishing year-round, stopping only when it is in the shipyard, and a few weeks at Christmas.
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Mini bio: Rob Perkey, or 'General' among the crew, hails from Sublimity, OR. Forty-eight, he has been a fisherman since 1986. Bob has been fishing with Junior for more than a decade, first teaming up with him on the Lady Alaska. In 2005, Bob joined Junior on the Seabrooke as relief skipper, engineer and deck boss for the red king and opilio crab seasons. During salmon tendering, brown crab and cod seasons, Bob runs the F/V Seabrooke full time.
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Mini bio:Chris Welch, or 'Whipper,' hails from Milton-Freewater, OR. At 26, he's Junior's little brother, and began his career as a greenhorn on the F/V Seabrooke in 2007. Since then, hard work has earned him a three-quarters share as a deck hand. Whip has fished baridi, opilio, red, and blue crab on board the Seabrooke, as well as cod and salmon.
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Mini bio: Mac White, 46, lives in Kodiak, AK. A Navajo Indian who grew up in New Mexico, Mac has been fishing since 1986. He began working on the Seabrooke for Junior's father, Scott Sr., in 2002. He has fished salmon, black cod, gray cod, heron, brown crab, red crab, blue crab, opilio crab, and bairdi crab. On board the Seabrooke, Mac is a deckhand and a ferocious cook. He makes a mean poor mans pie.
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Mini bio: Mike Bouray, known as 'Milton' on board, hails from Kodiak, AK. At 54 years old, Mike has a long history with the Campbells, fishing with Scott Sr. since 1989. Mike was on the deck when Junior came up as a greenhorn, and currently serves on the Seabrooke as deckhand/engineer. Mike owns a salmon boat, and fishes for salmon and cod around Kodiak during the summer with his wife Karla, as well as with Mac.
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Mini bio: Derek Haist, originally from New York, is now a Dutch Harbor local. At 42, he's been fishing since 1983 and began his crabbing career in 1988. A veteran on the deck, he joined the Seabrooke team during the Cod season of 2010.

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