Everything about this boat is Super Sized.
The boat is 300 feet long.
The mouth of the net is the size of a football field.
The net is as long as a football field.
The 2 wenches that pull the net on board are 5 feet across.
There are 2 cranes on board.
There are 2 huge main engines on board
The boat has 5 levels
We process 400 metric tons of fish everyday. Think about a two car garage full of fish, now multiply it by 8.
It takes 2 weeks of 24/7 fishing to fill the freezers.
They serve a meal every 4 hours around the clock
122 crew members (114 men, 8 women) + 2 scientists live on board
They crew work 16 on, 8 off shifts for 10 months a year
On board scientists (ME!) work 12 on, 12 off 3 months at a time, until you decide you have enough money for the year.
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